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"What explains the dramatic rise of the extreme, ultranationalist Golden Dawn in a country that has experienced Nazi invasion and a military dictatorship? This book places the rise of the Golden Dawn in the context of the Eurozone crisis and argues that its rise is not merely the product of economic malaise. Rather, the success of the Golden Dawn is dependent on the extent to which it was able to propound plausible solutions to the three sets of crises--economic, political and ideological--that culminated in an overall crisis of the nation-state and democracy in Greece. Within this context, the authors examine the Golden Dawn's strategic response to the crisis in terms of the offering of a "nationalist solution" through the employment of the twin fascist myths of social decadence and national rebirth in its discourse. It is through these two myths that the Golden Dawn promises the disillusioned an escape from their social, economic and overall human desolation"--

The eurozone crisis has become associated with the rise of populism across Europe as it has coincided with in- creasing electoral support for political actors who seek to return politics back to 'the people'. This has taken place in different forms, depending on whether the country was a debtor or creditor, the salience of cultural and/or eco- nomic cleavages and other contextual factors.

Speed and Mannion make a good case that the rise of populism poses significant challenges for health policy. This commentary suggests that the link between populism and health policy should be further nuanced in four ways. First, a deconstruction of the term populism itself and a focus on the far right dimension of populist politics; second, a focus on the supply side and more specifically the question of nationalism and the 'national preference'; third, the dynamics of party competition during economic crisis; and fourth the question of policy, and more specifically the extent to which certain labour market policies are able to mediate demand for the far right.

1. Nationalism might change its character, again / John A. Hall -- 2. Globalising the 'principle of nationality' / Andre Liebich -- 3. Pan-nationalism reframed : nationalism, 'diaspora', the role of the 'nation-state' and the global age / Sarah Danielsson -- 4. Nationalism as global history / John Breuilly -- 5. Globalisation and nation formation in the longue duree / John Hutchinson -- 6. Globalization and the nation-state : the future of failures / Ronald Grigor Suny -- 7. Global crisis, national blame / Jonathan Hearn -- 8. Migration and citizenship in the making of a global labour market / Stephen Castles -- 9. Nationalism and global culture / Anthony D. Smith -- 10. Nationalism and culture in a globalising word / Stephanie Lawson.