Extreme right activists in Europe : through the magnifying glass

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Title:

Extreme right activists in Europe : through the magnifying glass

Author:

Klandermans, Bert.

ISBN:

9780415358279

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, c2006.

Physical Description:

xvii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge studies in extremism and democracy ; 8

Series Title:

Routledge studies in extremism and democracy ; 8

Contents:

Right-wing extremism as a social movement / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Links with the past / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Context, alliances and conflict / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Political demand and supply / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Writing life histories : interviewing extreme right-wing activists / team-members -- Italy : the offspring of fascism / Patrizia Milesi, Antonello Chirumbolo, and Patrizia Catellani -- France : a two centuries old galaxy / Valérie Lafont -- Extreme right-wing activism in the Flemish part of Belgium : manifestation of racism or nationalism? / Hans De Witte -- Doing it for Germany : a study of Die Republikaner and Junge Freiheit / Ludger Klein and Bernd Simon -- The Netherlands : stigmatized outsiders / Bert Klandermans and Annette Linden -- One root, different branches : identity, injustice, and schism / Patrizia Catellani, Patrizia Milesi, and Alberto Crescentini -- Identity in German right-wing extremism : levels, functions, and processes / Ludger Klein and Bernd Simon -- Do right and left-wing extremists have anything in common? / Antonio Chirumbolo, Nonna Mayer and Hans De Witte -- Through the magnifying glass : the world of extreme right activists / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer.

Abstract:

"Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties such as the French FN, the Flemish Vlaams Blok or the Austrian FPO. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their active members have largely been ignored. Extreme Right Activists in Europe redresses this imbalance by examining 'extreme right-wing activists'."

"Countries examined in this book include Italy, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Drawing upon extensive research (life history interviews, observations, archival studies), and featuring contributions from distinguished and world-renowned social psychologists and political scientists, this book provides the most detailed comparative study yet published of the psychology of extremist right-wing activists. This book is essential reading for students and academics with interests in right-wing extremism, social movements and European politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Radicalism -- Europe.

Right-wing extremists -- Europe.

Added Author:

Klandermans, Bert.

Mayer, Nonna.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005019929.html

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Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their membership has largely been ignored. This book examines who joins the extreme right and why?

Drawing upon extensive research and featuring contributions from distinguished social psychologists and political scientists, this book provides the most detailed comparative study yet published of the psychology of right-wing extremist activists. Countries discussed include Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and France.