| Organizing Against Democracy: The Local Organizational Development of Far Right Parties in Greece and Europe Contributor(s): Ellinas, Antonis A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108415148 ISBN-13: 9781108415149 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties |
| Dewey: 324.213 |
| LCCN: 2019037665 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (1.20 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Organizing Against Democracy investigates some of the most important challenges modern democracies face, filling a distinctive gap in the literature, both empirically and theoretically. Ellinas examines the attempts of three of the most extreme European far-right parties to establish roots in local societies, and the responses of democratic actors. He offers a theory of local party development to analyze the many factors affecting the evolution of far-right parties at the subnational level. Using extraordinarily rich data, the author examines the 'lives' of local far-right party organizations in Greece, Germany and Slovakia, studying thousands of party activities and interviewing dozens of party leaders and functionaries, and antifascists. He goes on to explore how and why extreme parties succeed in some local settings while, in others, they fail. This book broadens our understanding of right-wing extremism, illuminating the factors limiting its corrosiveness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ellinas, Antonis A.: - Antonis A. Ellinas is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Cyprus. He authored The Media and the Far Right in Western Europe (Cambridge, 2010), and co-authored The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge, 2012). |
