Global Resurgence of the Right
Conceptual and Regional Perspectives
Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right Series

This book provides a broad-ranging analysis of the global resurgence of right-wing forces in the twenty-first century.

These parties, organisations and social movements represent a break from right-wing forces in interwar political history in Europe and the United States, and the right-wing dictatorships in Latin America. The book reflects on the most appropriate conceptual categories to account for this phenomenon and whether terms such as populism, fascism, authoritarianism or conservatism can explain the new manifestations of the right. The book also explores this through a range of national case studies written by country specialists, focusing on Austria, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and the United States of America.

Providing a much-needed global perspective, this book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of populism, fascism, right-wing extremism and conservatism.

Introduction. When the Rights Go Marching In: An Introduction 1. Forty Years of Radical Right-Wing Populism: An Assessment 2. Neoliberal Totalitarianism 3. Populism: Uses, Abuses and Travels of an Uncomfortable Concept 4. The Intellectual Reconstruction of Post War Fascism and the Populist Right 5. Latin American Neo-Patriot Far-Right: Between the Crisis of Globalisation and Regional Political Processes 6. The Marginalisation of Neo-Fascist Ideologies in Europe: The Traditional Extreme Right in the Postmodern Era 7. The Effect of the Resurgent Radical Populist Right on the Main Centre-Left and Centre-Right Parties and their Adaptation Strategies: The Case of Austria 8. The Right in Italy: Awaiting the Day of Reckoning 9. The Spanish Post-Fascist Right: The Unique Case of Vox 10. The Argentinean Right and the New Order of Cambiemos (2015–2019) 11. Bolsonaro in Brazil: To the Right of the Right 12. The Right Turn as a Process, Not an Assault: The Ecuadorian Case, 2007–2019 13. The Stillborn Revolution: The Failure of Right-Wing Populism in the United States Epilogue. Right and Left in a Post-Covid-19 World

Gisela Pereyra Doval is a Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council (CONICET) and an Assistant Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, in Problematic International Relations.

Gastón Souroujonis a Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific Research Council (CONICET) and an Assistant Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, and the National University of Litoral (UNL), Argentina, in Classical and Contemporary Political Theory.