The Extreme Right
Subtitle: Freedom and Security at Risk
Contributors: Aurel Braun (Editor); Stephen Scheinberg (Editor)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: February 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780813331508
Subjects: Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political science & theory; Politics / Current Events; Political Discontent And Violence; Political Doctrines; Sociology; Radicalism; History & Theory - Radical Thought; Fascism; Democracy; Right-wing extremists
First sentence: During a visit to Moscow in May 1994 I asked an old academic acquaintance about his perceptions of the political conditions in Russia.
Description: From the Oklahoma City bombing to the Vladimir Zhirinovsky phenomenon in Russia, manifestations of extremism remain a feature of the post-Cold War era, presenting a danger to both established and emerging democracies. This timely volume examines the threats to freedom and security posed by right-wing extremism in established democracies and by the blend of left- and right-wing extremism in postcommunist states.