Book Series in Politics & International Relations

Extremism and Democracy

New & Published Titles:

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The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain

Edited by Roger Eatwell, Matthew J. Goodwin

Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of…

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February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49435-9 (Routledge)

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The Populist Radical Right in Poland

The Patriots

By Rafal Pankowski

In this important and accessible study, Rafal Pankowski makes sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the political level in Poland by…

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February 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47353-8 (Routledge)

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Political Extremes

A conceptual history from antiquity to the present

By Uwe Backes

The Western tradition of the constitutional state, with its ancient roots, defines political extremes as the epitome of that what must be absolutely rejected. It…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47352-1 (Routledge)

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Re-inventing the Italian Right

Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'

By Stefano Fella, Carlo Ruzza

Following his third election victory in 2008, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the most controversial head of government in the EU. This is…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34461-6 (Routledge)

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Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory

The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal

By Mathew Humphrey

This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent ‘deliberative turn’ in environmental…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55393-3 (Routledge)

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Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge

Edited by Roger Eatwell, Cas Mudde

By the turn of the 1990s, Western democracy appeared destined to become the universal governmental norm. However, as we move into the new millennium there…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55387-2 (Routledge)

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Anti-Political Establishment Parties

A Comparative Analysis

By Amir Abedi

Recent electoral success of the Freedom Party in Austria, List Pim Fortuyn in The Netherlands, the People's Party in Denmark and the National Front in…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55389-6 (Routledge)

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Extreme Right Activists in Europe

Through the magnifying glass

By Bert Klandermans, Nonna Mayer

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…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49443-4 (Routledge)

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Political Parties and Terrorist Groups 2nd ed.

By Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger

This book is the definitive guide to the topical issue of the relationship between political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups which…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77537-3 (Routledge)

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American Extremism

History, Politics and the Militia Movement

By Darren Mulloy

American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48380-3 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Fascism and the Extreme Right
By Roger Eatwell
To be published March 1st 2011

Italian Neo-Fascism from 1943 to the Present Day
By Andrea Mammone, Stéphanie Dechezelles
To be published March 1st 2011

The Nordic Countries and the Extreme Right Challenge
By Anders Widfeldt
To be published December 1st 2010

Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola
By Paul Furlong
To be published December 1st 2010

Radical Left Parties in Contemporary Europe
By Luke March
To be published October 1st 2010

New British Fascism: The Rise of the British National Party (BNP)
By Matthew J. Goodwin
To be published August 1st 2010