Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-250) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Meanings and varieties of the right -- From ideologies to parties -- Italy: the faded Beacon and the populist surge -- Germany: the spectre that never materialized -- France: prototype of the new extreme right -- Austria: away from liberalism -- Belgium: right extremism and ethnic nationalism -- Scandinavia: the progress parties between protest and extremism -- The Netherlands: a fleeting extreme right -- Great Britain: a case of failure -- The Mediterranean countries: too late for nostalgia, too early for post-material protest -- Extreme right parties: the by-product of a "silent counter-revolution"?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book has three aims. First, it explores the extreme right in order to assess its ideological meaning and its political expression. Beginning with a discussion of the meaning and usefulness of the Left-Right distinction, it deals with the varying significance of the term 'right' and discusses the appropriateness of the competing terms: 'radical', 'new', 'populist', and 'extreme right'. The book argues that the traditional neo-fascist party has been supplanted by a new type of extreme right party, unrelated to fascist ideology, but nevertheless opposed to the fundamental values of the democratic political system. The book's second aim is to carry out an in-depth analysis of the post-war evolution of the extreme right of each country in Western Europe. The analysis highlights their lineage from pre-war fascist regimes or movements, their different partisan expressions in the post-war period, their ideological profile, their party's relationship with other actors in the party system, the socio-demographic and attitudinal profile of their voter-base, and the conditions which have favoured or inhibited their development. Finally, the book discusses in detail more recent trends within the West European extreme right and outlines a conceptual framework for explaining the development of this 'political family' and the success or failure of each political party."--Publisher description.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conservatism-- Europe, Western.
Political parties-- Europe, Western.
Right-wing extremists-- Europe, Western.
Conservatisme-- Europe de l'Ouest.
Extrémistes de droite-- Europe de l'Ouest.
Partis politiques-- Europe de l'Ouest.
89.21 fascism.
Conservatism-- Europe, Western.
Conservatism.
Extremisme.
Political parties-- Europe, Western.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Politieke partijen.
Rechts (politiek)
Rechtspartei
Rechtsradikale Partei
Rechtsradikalismus
Right-wing extremists-- Europe, Western.
Right-wing extremists.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Europe, Western, Politics and government, 1989-
Europe de l'Ouest, Politique et gouvernement, 1989-