Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
About the Book Series
This series covers academic studies within the broad fields of ‘extremism’ and ‘democracy’, with volumes focusing on adjacent concepts such as populism, radicalism, and ideological/religious fundamentalism. These topics have been considered largely in isolation by scholars interested in the study of political parties, elections, social movements, activism, and radicalisation in democratic settings. A key focus of the series, therefore, is the (inter-)relation between extremism, radicalism, populism, fundamentalism, and democracy. Since its establishment in 1999, the series has encompassed both influential contributions to the discipline and informative accounts for public debate. Works will seek to problematise the role of extremism, broadly defined, within an ever-globalising world, and/or the way social and political actors can respond to these challenges without undermining democratic credentials.
Extreme Right Parties in Scandinavia
1st Edition
By Anders Widfeldt
April 04, 2017
This book provides an up-to-date account of extreme right parties in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It seeks to explain why these parties have grown in support, and in Denmark and Norway reached positions of direct political influence. Following an analytical framework, in which explanatory factors ...
On Extremism and Democracy in Europe
1st Edition
By Cas Mudde
February 07, 2017
On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of short and accessible essays on the far right, populism, Euroscepticism, and liberal democracy by one of the leading academic and public voices today. It includes both sober, fact-based analysis of the often sensationalized "rise of the far ...
The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe: Ideology, impact, and electoral performance
1st Edition
By Andrea Pirro
December 20, 2016
Often neglected in the study of far right organisations, post-communist Europe recently witnessed the rise and fall of a number of populist radical right parties. The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe is the first comparative study to focus on the ideology, impact, and electoral ...
The Populist Radical Right: A Reader
1st Edition
Edited
By Cas Mudde
October 14, 2016
The populist radical right is one of the most studied political phenomena in the social sciences, counting hundreds of books and thousands of articles. This is the first reader to bring together the most seminal articles and book chapters on the contemporary populist radical right in western ...
The Making of Anti-Muslim Protest: Grassroots Activism in the English Defence League
1st Edition
By Joel Busher
June 17, 2016
Activism in any social movement group is, as Deborah Gould observes, a project of collective ‘world-making’. It is about changing the world out there by influencing policy and public opinion, but is also about the way it transforms the lives of participants – activists generate new identities, ...
Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe: Into the Mainstream?
1st Edition
Edited
By Tjitske Akkerman, Sarah de Lange, Matthijs Rooduijn
May 17, 2016
Radical right-wing populist parties, such as Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Marine Le Pen’s National Front or Nigel Farage’s UKIP, are becoming increasingly influential in Western European democracies. Their electoral support is growing, their impact on policy-making is substantial, and in ...
Ending Terrorism in Italy
1st Edition
By Anna Cento Bull, Philip Cooke
May 04, 2016
Ending Terrorism in Italy analyses processes of disengagement from terrorism, as well as the connected issues of reconciliation, truth and justice. It examines in a critical and original way how terrorism came to an end in Italy (Part I), and the legacy it has left behind (Part II). The book ...
Democratic Extremism in Theory and Practice: All Power to the People
1st Edition
By Paul Lucardie
April 21, 2016
Democracy and extremism are usually considered as opposites. We assume that our system (in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands etc.) is democratic, and extremists try to destroy our system and introduce some kind of dictatorship, if not chaos and anarchy. Yet in many cases, the extremists seem ...
Impact of Extreme Right Parties on Immigration Policy: Comparing Britain, France and Italy
1st Edition
By Joao Carvalho
April 21, 2016
Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book traces the political impact of the British National Party in the UK, the Front National in France and the Lega Nord in Italy by exploring their contagion effects on immigration politics and policy in particular ...
Politics of Eugenics: Productionism, Population, and National Welfare
1st Edition
By Alberto Spektorowski, Liza Ireni-Saban
April 21, 2016
This book analyzes whether the "new debate on genetics" owes a debt to eugenic practices by welfare democracies of 1930s and 1940s. More specifically, the question is whether precisely the same "eugenic rationale" used in the 1930s is philosophical akin to a new rationality unfolding in some ...
Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity
1st Edition
By Tamir Bar-On
April 21, 2016
This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries. This book explores the idea that revolutionaries do not necessarily need to come from the left, nor ...
Populists in Power
1st Edition
By Daniele Albertazzi, Duncan McDonnell
March 03, 2016
The main area of sustained populist growth in recent decades has been Western Europe, where populist parties have not only endured longer than expected, but have increasingly begun to enter government. Focusing on three high-profile cases in Italy and Switzerland – the Popolo della Libertà (PDL), ...