Search results

Over the last 20 years the post-war centre-ground which recognized the welfare state, the funding of education, protection of the environment and the management of capitalism as the proper business of the state, has fragmented. The New Left of the 1990s is more conservative than the Old Left of the 1960s and 70s. Emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the proper limitations of state power has changed the climate of everyday life. For Dahl, the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and the bombing in Oklahoma City, each bear the traces of the new 'radical conservatism'. Even countries in the

"Building on David Schmitz's earlier work, Thank God They're on Our Side, this is an examination of American policy toward right-wing dictatorships from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War. During the 1920s, American leaders developed a policy of supporting authoritarian regimes because they were seen as stable, anticommunist, and capitalist. After 1965, however, American support for these regimes became a contested issue. The Vietnam War served to undercut the logic and rationale of supporting right-wing dictators

"On the morning of November 22, 1963, President Kennedy told Jackie as they started for Dallas, "We're heading into nut country today." That day's events ultimately obscured and revealed just how right he was: Oswald was a lone gunman, but the city that surrounded him was full of people who hated Kennedy and everything he stood for, led by a powerful group of ultraconservatives who would eventually remake the Republican party in their own image. In Nut Country, Edward H. Miller tells the story of that transformation, showing how a group of influential far-right businessmen, religious leaders, and political operatives developed a potent mix of hardline anticommunism, biblical literalism, and racism to generate a violent populism--and widespread power. Though those figures were seen as extreme in Texas and elsewhere, mainstream Republicans nonetheless found themselves forced to make alliances, or tack to the right on topics like segregation. As racial resentment came to fuel the national Republican party's divisive but effective "Southern Strategy," the power of the extreme conservatives rooted in Texas only grew. Drawing direct lines from Dallas to DC, Miller's captivating history offers a fresh understanding of the rise of the new Republican Party and the apocalyptic language, conspiracy theories, and ideological rigidity that remain potent features of our politics today."--Jacket

Although the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is one of the most discussed parties in Germany at the moment, neither journalists nor politicians are sure whether it should be classified as conservative, right-wing extremist or right-wing populist. The existing attempts at a scientific classification, all varying in approach and results, share a lack of methodological basis. Therefore, this paper classifies the AfD according to four different definitions by analyzing both primary and secondary sources in a qualitative way. While three of these approaches are rather common models of the right-wing spectrum, one is a new approach, covering only the (right-wing) populist spectrum. Therefore, the criteria of these four different attempts at structuring the right-wing party spectrum are operationalized and both party platforms and scientific papers on the AfD are dissected.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The Neoglobalism of the American and Russian Far-Right Intelligentsia -- 1. A Place at the High Table: Mythologizing the Russian Intelligentsia, Crusading against US Elites -- 2. Whither the State? Steve Bannon, the Alt-Right, and Lenin's State and Revolution -- 3. Hijacking Academic Authority: Racism and the Internet Expertise of Kevin MacDonald and Alexander Dugin -- 4. The Spectacle of God's Will: Performing Homophobia in the Russian Federation -- 5. Statuary Performances: Monuments and Neopaganism in the United States and the Russian Federation -- Conclusion: The Fight against Rightist Elites -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Intro -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of European Cases -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Risk and the Alt-Right -- PART 1: THE NATURE OF THE ALT-RIGHT IDEOLOGY -- Chapter 1: Defining the Evolving Alt-Right Phenomenon -- Chapter 2: Psychological Aspects of the Alt-Right Phenomenon -- PART 2: THE ALT-RIGHT IN SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- Chapter 3: Brexit and the Alt-Right Agenda in the UK -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Cultural Despair: Britain's Extreme-Right -- Chapter 5: The Murder of Jo Cox MP: a Case Study in Lone Actor Terrorism -- Chapter 6: The Austrian Freedom Party -- Chapter 7: The Far-Right Alternative für Deutschland in Germany: Towards a 'Happy Ending'? -- Chapter 8: Marine Le Pen and the Front National in France: Between Populisms in the 2017 Elections and Beyond -- Chapter 9: Wilders' Party for Freedom and the Dutch Alt-Right -- Chapter 10: A Case Study of Anders Behring Breivik, Extreme-Right Terrorist -- Chapter 11: The Alt-Right Ideology in Russia -- PART 3: CONCLUSION -- Chapter 12: A Risk Analysis and Assessment of the European Alt-Right and its Effects -- Chapter 13: A Prognosis for the New Authoritarianism -- Chapter 14: Potential Strategies to Limit the Alt-Right Threat -- Glossary -- About the Editor and Authors of Vol 1 and Vol 2 -- Index.

This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy. Increasingly, as national governments attempt to cope with new realities of greater global migration, strained welfare states, and threats of foreign terror, opportunities have opened for parties of the far right to position themselves strategically.

Intro -- [Widmung] -- [Impressum] -- Menü -- Dank -- Vorwort -- Einleitung: In Kontakt -- Extremistische Gruppen von innen -- Du hasst mich, und ich hasse dich -- Das Zeitalter der Wut -- Zu diesem Buch -- 1. Das Ende einer kollektiven Illusion -- Der schiefe Turm von Jenga -- Extremistische Geschichtenerzähler -- Geschichten von Kriegen -- Kriege der Geschichten -- 2. Der globale dschihadistische Aufstand -- Eine kurze Geschichte islamistischer Ideen -- Die neue islamistische Welle -- 3. Die Renaissance der extremen Rechten -- Eine kurze Geschichte rechtsextremer Ideen -- Die neue rechtsextreme Welle -- 4. Identitätspolitik -- Aus Angst wird Wut -- Die globale Identitätskrise -- Opfer und Dämonen -- Islamistische Identitätspolitik -- Rechtsextreme Identitätspolitik -- 5. Die Medien -- i-Propaganda und #Mobilisierung -- Der #Mossul-Effekt -- Sensationsgier -- Die Wahrnehmungslücke -- Alternative Fakten -- Fake News -- Im Innern der Blase -- 6. Eskalierende Extreme -- Die zwei Seiten derselben Medaille -- Die sich selbst erfüllende Prophezeiung -- Trumps Geschenk an den IS -- Wie du mir, so ich dir -- 7. Geografie des Hasses -- Die Folgen der Gewaltspirale im Vereinigten Königreich -- Identitätskriege und militanter Säkularismus in Frankreich -- Die Hochburgen von Nazis und Salafisten in Deutschland -- Die Vereinigten Staaten: Weißes Überlegenheitsgefühl und Religionskriege -- 8. Den Teufelskreis durchbrechen -- Wie geht es weiter? -- Die Mitte mobilisieren -- Die Randzonen retten -- Kritisches Denken, Mut und Kreativität -- Epilog: Im Auge eines Hass-Sturms -- ANHANG -- Abkürzungen -- Bewegungen -- Weiterführende Literatur -- Anmerkungen -- Register -- [Informationen zum Buch] -- [Informationen zur Autorin]