Rightwing Extremism in the Twenty-First Century 2nd revised edition

An examination of right-wing extremism in modern Europe. -Considers the perception of political extremism from an international viewpoint -The second edition of a highly acclaimed work The revival of right-wing extremism in post-Cold war Europe has created considerable concern, even consternation, on both sides of the Atlantic. The spectre of far-right political parties, headed by seemingly charismatic leaders, challenging for power in parliaments while far-right youth gangs attack gypsies, immigrants and asylum-seekers in the streets, has come to haunt many people worried about the future of the Western democracies. In this new revised and updated edition, Merkl and Weinberg have assembled a group of internationally renowned scholars to analyse the revival of right-wing extremism in twenty-first century Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1 The extreme right in the ascendancy
- stronger than ever, Peter H. Merkl
- ten theories of the extreme right, Roger Eatwell
- the growing threat of the radical right, Hans Georg Betz. Part 2 Comparing the public opinion indicators
- racism and the political right - European perspectives, Charles Westin
- explaining national variations in support for far right political parties in Western Europe, 1990-2000, Allen Wilcox et al
- the development of the extreme right at the end of the century, Piero Ignazi. Part 3 Changing national contexts
- the front national in context - French and European dimensions, Michael Minkenberg and Martin Schaim
- the FPO - from populist protest to incumbency, Kurt Richard Luther
- right-wing extremism and xenophobia in Germany - escalation, exaggeration or what?, Ekkart Zimmermann
- right-wing extremism in Russia - the dynamics of the 1990s, Vera Tolz
- patterns of response to the extreme right in Western Europe, Jaap van Donselaar
- conclusion, Leonard Weinberg.