German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism: Challenges for Comparative Analysis Contributor(s): Kiess, Johannes (Editor), Decker, Oliver (Editor), Brähler, Elmar (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138195375 ISBN-13: 9781138195370 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306.209 |
LCCN: 2016000806 |
Series: Extremism and Democracy |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.85 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country cases are compared, the authors analyse theoretical and methodological issues in relation to the question of right-wing extremism. In Anglo-American academia, the term is often associated with fairly rare phenomena in the form of extremist political groups, whereas in Germany the term is often applied to a wide range of attitudes, behaviours and parties, including those which operate more within the mainstream political sphere. Covering an array of sub-fields such as right-wing terrorism, iconography of the extreme right and the Germanophone discussion on the differentiation of right-wing populism and right-wing extremism, the authors account not only for the centrality of right-wing extremist attitudes in Germanophone research, but also point at its often overlooked relevance for the phenomenon in general. Offering an important insight into the nuanced definition of right-wing extremism across Europe and enhancing both international debate and cross-country comparative research, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching extremism, German politics and European politics more generally. |