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1 online resource (338 pages). |
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polychrome |
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History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
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History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: the extreme right; Introduction; The extreme right: definitional problems; The extreme right: parties, policies and perspectives; Conclusion; References; 2 The Front National, from ascendancy to fragmentation on the French extreme right; Introduction; From obscurity to success; Voters; Policies; Conclusion: schism; References; 3 Jorg Haider and the new FPO: beyond the democratic pale?; The pan-German tradition in Austria pre-1945; Re-establishing Austria after Hitler. |
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Defining the extreme right in post-war AustriaTowards liberalism? The FPO and the integration of the third Lager into post-war Austria; Problems of the Second Republic in the 1980s; The re-emergence of right-wing populism; Haider and the politics of right-wing populism; Conclusions; References; 4 Exit from the ghetto: the Italian far right in the 1990s; The years of endurance, 1946-90; Escape from the ghetto; Conclusion; References; 5 Right-wing extremism in unified Germany; A brief definition of right-wing extremism; West Germany: the three waves of right-wing extremism. |
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The Republikaner in unified GermanyElections and membership trends; Policy platform; Internal division; Right-wing extremism in the new Lander; Anti-fascism in the GDR; System transformation; The Land elections of 1998 in Saxony-Anha; The asylum-seeker issue; Influence on the political climate; Conclusion; Abbreviations used in this chapter and organizations mentioned; Notes; References and further reading; 6 Belgium: explaining the relationship between Vlaams Blok and the city of Antwerp; Introduction; General context; The financial and economic crisis. |
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Social, political and cultural decompartmentalizationThe crumbing electoral base of the two coalition partners; New policy challenges and the ruling parties; The strategy of the Vlaams Blok; The peak: the municipal elections of 24 October 1994 in Antwerp; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 The Netherlands: explaining the limited success of the extreme right; Introduction; History of extreme right parties in the Netherlands; Organization and ideology of the CD; The electoral basis: protest or xenophobia?; Explaining the limited success of the Dutch extreme right; Notes; References. |
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8 The extreme right and British exceptionalism: the primacy of politicsBritish exceptionalism; The problem of extreme right support; Who voted for and joined the NF in the 1970s?; The failure of the NF and the British political tradition; The BNP: the same old story?; Conclusion; References; 9 Radical right-wing populism in Scandinavia: from tax revolt to neo-liberalism and xenophobia; Introduction; The breakthrough of new parties; Leadership as a condition for consolidation; Electoral support; Ideology and political style; Not so much populism in style; No traditional populist ideology. |
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Neo-liberalism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Right-wing extremists -- Europe.
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Right-wing extremists. |
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Europe. |
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Electronic books.
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Hainsworth, Paul, 1950-
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Print version: Hainsworth, Paul. Politics of the Extreme Right : From the Margins to the Mainstream. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2016 9781855674585 |
| ISBN |
9781474290968 (electronic book) |
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1474290965 (electronic book) |
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9781855674585 |
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1855674580 |
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