The United States and Western Europe are experiencing a new and important cultural and political development: the appearance of a right wing extremist movement that crosses the Atlantic Ocean and transcends national boundaries with as much ease as do e-mail messages on the Internet. In this book, Jeffrey Kaplan and Leonard Weinberg argue that there now exists a set of conditions common to the United States and Western Europe that draws right wing radicals on both sides of the Atlantic closer together.  These conditions, based on demographic pressures, social dislocation, economic changes, and technological advances, have set the stage for the formation of a new Euro-American radical right movement whose motives and characteristics differ from the right wing groups of the early twentieth century. During the first thirty years of this century, radical right wing ideas and material support flowed primarily from Europe to the United States. In recent years, the inspiration for the movement has tended to flow in the opposite direction, with the establishment of various American-based groups, like the Ku Klux Klan and the White Aryan Resistance, on European soil.  Kaplan and Weinberg contend that unlike their predecessors contemporary Western right wing groups develop a common identity based more on racial solidarity than on national identity.  To support their argument, the authors provide a history of extreme right wing activity in the West and a comprehensive, detailed overview of major figures, groups, and characteristics that comprise the Euro-American radical right.  They discuss the role of the Internet in facilitating the transatlantic community and offer personal, inside accounts of people involved in the various movements.
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The United States and Western Europe are experiencing a new and important cultural and political development. In this book, Jeffrey Kaplan and Leonard Weinberg argue that there now exists a set of conditions common to the United States and Western Europe that draws right wing radicals on both sides of the Atlantic closer together.
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Preface Introduction Part One. The Forest Chapter 1. Overview ​Chapter 2. The Euro-American Radical Right: A Brief History ​Chapter 3. The Politics of Right-Wing Extremism ​Chapter 4. The Ties that Band: The Euro-American Radical Right's "Special Relationship" Part Two. The Trees ​Chapter 5. The Postwar Years Through the 1970s: An Internal History ​Chapter 6. The Transatlantic Race Movement Today: At the Vanguard ​Chapter 7. The Communal Dream ​Chapter 8. Tommy Ryden: A National Socialist Life Conclusion. Fade to Black: Final Observations Notes Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780813525648
Publisert
1998-11-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Rutgers University Press
Vekt
425 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

JEFFREY KAPLAN is Fulbright Bicentennial Chair, Renvall Institute of Historical Research, University of Helsinki and author of Radical Religion in America

LEONARD WEINBERG is Foundation Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada and editor of Encounters with the Contemporary Radical Right