The Extreme Right in Europe - Current Trends and Perspectives

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Introduction Uwe Backes /Patrick Moreau

I. Parties and Elections

The Populist Radical Right in European Elections 1979–2009 Gilles Ivaldi

Electoral Sociology – Who Votes for the Extreme Right and Why – and When? Kai Arzheimer

Dimensions of Ethnic Prejudice and Extreme Right-Wing Voting Guillaume Roux

The Victorious Parties – Unity in Diversity? Patrick Moreau

The Unsuccessful Parties – Ideologies, Strategies, and Conditions of the Failure Uwe Backes

Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Office – A Cross-National Comparison Sarah L. de Lange

Against all Expectations – Right-Wing Extremism in Romania and Bulgaria Michael Meznik/Tom Thieme

Transnational Cooperation of the Far Right in the European Union and Attempts to Institutionalize Mutual Relations Petra Vejvodová

II. Militant Scenes and Subcultures

Neo-Nazism in Europe Jean-Yves Camus

Holocaust-denial – New Trends of a Pseudo-Scientific Smokescreen of Anti-Semitism Jean-Yves Camus

Paramilitary Structures in Eastern Europe Vera Stojarová

Vigilantism against the Roma in East Central Europe Miroslav Mareš

Turkish Extreme Right-Wing Movements – Between Turkism, Islamism, Eurasism, and Pan-Turkism Stéphane de Tapia

III. Cultural Trends and Political Ideas

Globalized Anti-Globalists – The Ideological Basis of the Internationalization of Right-Wing Extremism Thomas Grumke

Intellectual Right-Wing Extremism – Alain de Benoist’s Mazeway Resynthesis since 2000 Tamir Bar-On

Memory Politics in Western Europe David Art

Right-Wing Esotericism in Europe Ulrike Heß-Meining

Musical and Political Subculture – A Review of Attempts of Entrism Stéphane François

Conclusion Uwe Backes /Patrick Moreau

IV. Appendix

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Index

List of Contributors

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