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.
The Politicisation of Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Wouter van der Brug, Gianni D'Amato, Didier Ruedin, Joost Berkhout
March 25, 2015
Why are migration policies sometimes heavily contested and high on the political agenda? And why do they, at other moments and in other countries, hardly lead to much public debate? The entrance and settlement of migrants in Western Europe has prompted various political reactions. In some countries...
Class Politics and the Radical Right
1st Edition
Edited
By Jens Rydgren
November 10, 2014
One of the most significant events in European politics the past two decades is the emergence of radical right-wing parties, mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic societies. Such parties have established themselves in a large number of countries, often with voter shares exceeding ten and ...
Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain
1st Edition
By Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin
March 17, 2014
Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015 The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the ...
Radical Left Parties in Europe
1st Edition
By Luke March
October 03, 2013
What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is one of the first to provide an overview of the main developments in contemporary European radical left parties (those defining themselves as to the left of, ...
Counterterrorism in Turkey: Policy Choices and Policy Effects toward the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
1st Edition
By Mustafa Coşar Ünal
September 20, 2013
Counterterrorism in Turkey comprehensively analyses Turkey’s counterterrorism policies in the context of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), an ethnicity-based guerrilla insurgency group employing terrorism. Contrary to most of the counterterrorism studies that focused on single aspect of the ...
Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola
1st Edition
By Paul Furlong
August 05, 2013
Julius Evola’s writing covered a vast range of subjects, from a distinctive and categorical ideological outlook and has been extremely influential on a significant number of extreme right thinkers, activists and organisations. This book is the first full length study in English to present his ...
Right-Wing Radicalism Today: Perspectives from Europe and the US
1st Edition
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By Sabine von Mering, Timothy Wyman McCarty
May 21, 2013
This book highlights recent developments in the radical right providing comparative analysis of current extremist activity in Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. It reveals the growing amount of connections and continuities of rightwing movements and ideologies across national borders...
Varieties of Right-Wing Extremism in Europe
1st Edition
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By Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin, Brian Jenkins
December 18, 2012
Beginning with an analysis of the complex relationship between fascism and the post-war extreme right, the book discusses both contemporary parties and the cultural and intellectual influences of the European New Right as well as patterns of socialization and mobilization. It then analyses the ...
Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe: From Local to Transnational
1st Edition
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By Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin, Brian Jenkins
June 20, 2012
In recent years the revival of the far right and anti-Semitic, racist and fascist organizations has posed a significant threat throughout Europe. Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe provides a broad geographical overview of the dominant strands within the contemporary radical right in ...
Uncivil Society?: Contentious Politics in Post-Communist Europe
1st Edition
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By Petr Kopecky, Cas Mudde
April 11, 2012
This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the development of post-communist civil society by focusing on its alleged 'dark side', i.e., on the groups that are excluded from 'civil society' on both conceptual and normative grounds. The chapters, written by specialists in the ...
Confronting Right Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA
1st Edition
By George Michael
March 29, 2012
This book examines the response to right-wing extremism in the US from both the government and non-governmental organisations. It provides a detailed portrait of the contemporary extreme right in the US including interviews with several of the movement's leading figures from groups such as the Ku ...
The End of Terrorism?
1st Edition
By Leonard Weinberg
September 20, 2011
This book considers not the beginning or origins of terrorism but how groups that use terrorism end. Terrorism as a tactic is unlikely to disappear, however virtually all the groups that employed terrorist violence during the 1960s and 1970s have passed from the scene in one way or another. ...