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Revising the 1997 first edition, this study covers events that occurred in Oldham and Bradford after the year 2000.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Right-Wing Extremism: In Search of a Definition -- 3 Canada: Right-Wing Extremism in the Peaceable Kingdom -- 4 Right-Wing Extremism in the United States -- 5 The Extreme Right in the United Kingdom and France -- 6 Contemporary Right-Wing Extremism in Germany -- 7 The Incomplete Revolutions: The Rise of Extremism in East-Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- 8 Russia: The Land Inbetween -- 9 Poland: The Vanguard of Change -- 10 Hungary: From "Goulash Communism" to Pluralistic Democracy -- 11 The Internationalization of the Extreme Right -- 12 Conclusions -- Appendix-List of Research Interviews -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index

This book examines the response to right-wing extremism in the US from both the government and non-governmental organisations and provides a detailed portrait of contemporary extreme right in the United States.

The Revival of Right-Wing Extremism in the Nineties takes a refreshingly original approach to the phenomenon of the radical right. Most studies in this field have tended to concentrate on particular movements in a single country, neglecting to a greater or lesser extent the international dimensions of right-wing extremism. Peter Merkl and Leonard Weinberg, by contrast, adopt a comparative perspective, concentrating on the revival of the right across a variety of countries. The book, for example, contains data from Lauri Karvonen reviewing levels of support for rightist values in all members of the European Union, a chapter by Piero Ignazi discussing the appearance of a 'silent counter-revolution' all over western Europe, and Peter Merkl's exploration of the reasons for the popularity of right-wing parties in Europe at this particular point in the continent's history.

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

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The French Far Right: The Legacy of History -- Two. The Far Right Reappears: The Creation of the National Front -- Three. Initial Success: Election Victories in 1984 and 1986 -- Four. Legislative Losses and Beyond -- Five. The Political Agenda of the National Front -- Six. The Leadership and Organization of the National Front -- Seven. Voting for the National Front -- Eight. The Far Right in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Elected and Party Positions Held by Respondents in 1988 -- Appendix 2: Evolution of the National Front's Political Bureau -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.