Book Series in Politics & International Relations
Extremism and Democracy
New & Published Titles:
Political Extremes
A conceptual history from antiquity to the present
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…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47352-1 (Routledge)
Re-inventing the Italian Right
Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'
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…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34461-6 (Routledge)
Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory
The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal
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…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55393-3 (Routledge)
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Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge
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… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55387-2 (Routledge)
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Anti-Political Establishment Parties
A Comparative Analysis
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… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55389-6 (Routledge)
Extreme Right Activists in Europe
Through the magnifying glass
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… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49443-4 (Routledge)
Political Parties and Terrorist Groups 2nd ed.
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…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77537-3 (Routledge)
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American Extremism
History, Politics and the Militia Movement
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… read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48380-3 (Routledge)
The Scope of Tolerance
Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press
One of the dangers in any political system is that the principles that underlie and characterize it may, through their application, bring about its destruction.…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35758-6 (Routledge)
Racist Extremism in Central & Eastern Europe
This handbook on racist extremism in Central and Eastern Europe is the result of a unique collaborative research project of experts from the ten new…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35594-0 (Routledge)
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Forthcoming Titles:
The Nordic Countries and the Extreme Right Challenge
By Anders Widfeldt
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 July 1st 2010
The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain
Edited by Roger Eatwell, Matthew J. Goodwin
To be published February 22nd 2010
The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots
By Rafal Pankowski
To be published February 18th 2010