Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe
From Local to Transnational
Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy Series

In recent years the revival of the far right and anti-Semitic, racist and fascist organizations has posed a significant threat throughout Europe. Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe provides a broad geographical overview of the dominant strands within the contemporary radical right in both Western and Eastern Europe.

After providing some local and regional perspectives, the book has a series of national case studies of particular countries and regions including: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Scandinavia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. A series of thematic chapters examine transnational phenomena such as the use of the Internet, the racist music scene, cultural transfers and interaction between different groups.

Drawing together a wide range of contributors, this is essential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary extremism, fascism and comparative party politics.

Introduction: Mapping the ‘Right of the Mainstream Right’ in Contemporary Europe Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin and Brian JenkinsPart 1: Local and Regional Perspectives 1. Backlash in the ‘Hood’: Exploring Support for the British National Party (BNP) at Local Level Matthew J. Goodwin 2. After Colonialism: Local Politics and Far-Right Affinities in a City of Southern France John Veugelers 3. Placing the Extremes: Cityscape, Ethnic ‘Others’, and Young Right Extremists in East Berlin Nitzan Shoshan 4. Extreme-Right Discourse in Belgium: A Comparative Regional Approach JérômeJamin 5. Regionalism, Right-wing Extremism, Populism: The Elusive Nature of the Lega Nord Giorgia Bulli and Filippo Tronconi Part 2: The Southern European Extreme Right after Dictatorships 6. The Portuguese Radical Right in the Democratic Period Riccardo Marchi 7. The Spanish Extreme Right: From Neo-Francoism to Xenophobic Discourse José L.Rodríguez Jiménez 8. LAOS and the Greek Far Right since 1974 Antonis A. Ellinas Part 3: The Extreme Right In Post-Communism Context 9. The Extreme Right in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia Věra Stojarová 10. Extreme-Right Paramilitary Units in Eastern Europe Miroslav Mareš and Richard Stojar 11. Extreme-Right Parties in Romania after 1990: Incumbency, Organisation and Success Gabriela Borz 12. Anti-Semitism and the Extreme Right in Contemporary Ukraine Per Rudling Part 4: National and Comparative Perspectives: A Challenge to 'Exceptionalism'? 13. Challenging the Exceptionalist View: Favourable Conditions for Radical Right-Wing Populism in Switzerland Damir Skenderovic 14. Turkish Extreme Right in Office: Whither Democracy and Democratisation? Ekin Burak Arikan 15. Scandinavian Right-Wing Parties: Diversity more than Convergence? Marie Demker 16. Downside after the Summit: Factors in Extreme-Right Party Decline in France and Austria Michelle Hale Williams Part 5: From 'Local' to 'Transnational 17. Rights, Roots, and Routes: Local and Transnational Contexts of Extreme-Right Movements in Contemporary Malta Mark-Anthony Falzon and Mark Micallef 18. Cross-national Ideology in Local Elections: The case of Azione Sociale and the British National Party Andrea Mammone and Timothy Peace 19. The Transfer of Ideas along a Cultural Gradient: the Influence of the European New Right on Aleksandr Panarin’s New Eurasianism Marina Peunova 20. Trans European Trends in Right-Wing Extremism Michael Whine

Andrea Mammone is a Lecturer in Modern European History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Emmanuel Godin is Principal Lecturer in the School of Languages and Area Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Brian Jenkins is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of French at the University of Leeds, UK. He co-edits the Journal of Contemporary European Studies.