Books in the Extremism and Democracy series

Despite its liberal reputation, Scandinavia has been a breeding ground for both right-wing populist and anti-immigrant parties and the violent sub-cultures of neo-Nazi skinheads and terrorists. This book tackles why this is so.

The Western tradition of a sovereign state, which roots go back to antiquity, inherited a centre vouching for virtuous moderation. This book compares this tradition with what it quintessentially objects to: political extremes.

Provides a comprehensive discussion of the three main parties of the Italian right - Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the xenophobic and regionalist populist Northern League and the post-fascist National Alliance. This book assesses the implications of this controversial right for the Italian democratic system.

Examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the deliberative turn in environmental political thought. This book puts forward an argument that deliberative theory, far from being friendly to the environmental movement, shackles the ability of those seeking radical change.

A guide to the topical issue of the relationship between political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups which eschew the legal and procedural strictures of democracy. It provides the theoretical and empirical analysis of this controversial issue.

Presents an assessment of the risks and limits of contemporary democracy. This is a study concerned with the limits of tolerance.

This book analyses how party competition has adjusted to the success of populism in Western Europe, whether this is non-populists dealing with their populist competitors, or populists interacting with each other.

This book analyses how party competition has adjusted to the success of populism in Western Europe, whether this is non-populists dealing with their populist competitors, or populists interacting with each other.

This edited book brings together country experts on populism, ethno-territorial politics and party competition. The book consists of twelve empirical chapters, covering seven Western European states (Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK) as well as four Central-European states (Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Poland).

With contributions from a leading international set of scholars, this edited collection addresses a number of the free speech vs security concerns that are engaged by counter terrorism law & policy across a number of liberal democracies.

In 2016, the striking electoral success of the UK Vote Leave campaign and Donald Trump¿s presidential bid defied conventional expectations and transformed the political landscape. This book argues that there has been a change in the fundamental dynamic of the mainstreaming of far-right populist discourse.

Arguing that the defeat of ETA must be contextualised within the strategic evolution of Basque nationalism, the declining resonance of the radical message and the effectiveness of the Spanish counter-terrorist effort, this book is essential reading for students and scholars working in the areas of European politics, nationalism and terrorism studies.

Jeffrey Kaplan has been one of the most influential scholars of new religious movements, extremism and terrorism. His pioneering use of interpretive fieldwork among radical and violent subcultures opened up new fields of scholarship and vastly increased our understanding of the beliefs and activities of extremists.

This book discusses the Party for Freedom (PVV), a political party in the Netherlands, founded and led by Geert Wilders.

The book examines to what extent radical right-wing populist parties have mainstreamed in recent years, and for what reasons.

This is the first reader to bring together the most seminal articles and book chapters on the contemporary populist radical right in western democracies.

This is the first reader to bring together the most seminal articles and book chapters on the contemporary populist radical right in western democracies.

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.

Arguing that the defeat of ETA must be contextualised within the strategic evolution of Basque nationalism, the declining resonance of the radical message and the effectiveness of the Spanish counter-terrorist effort, this book is essential reading for students and scholars working in the areas of European politics, nationalism and terrorism studies.

This book examines the growing trend towards far and extreme right populism that has emerged prominently in Northern (Finland), Western (Austria, Denmark, France, the UK), Southern (Greece, Italy) and Central/Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Bulgaria) since the 1990s.

Jeffrey Kaplan has been one of the most influential scholars of new religious movements, extremism and terrorism. His pioneering use of interpretive fieldwork among radical and violent subcultures opened up new fields of scholarship and vastly increased our understanding of the beliefs and activities of extremists.