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Author Copsey, Nigel

Title British National Party : Contemporary Perspectives
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents Cover; The British National Party; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction: contemporary perspectives on the British National Party; PART I: Ideological and cultural politics; 1. Modernizing the past for the future; 2. Race and racial difference: the surface and depth of BNP ideology; 3. Multiculturalism and the subcultural politics of the British National Party; PART II: Responses to the BNP; 4. 'The Media = Lies, Lies, Lies!': The BNP and the media in contemporary Britain; 5. Ambivalent admiration? The response of other extreme-right groups to the rise of the BNP
6. From direct action to community action: the changing dynamics of anti-fascist opposition7. The BNP in local government: support for the far-right or for community politics?; PART III: International perspectives; 8. Assessing the political relevance of anti-immigrant parties: the BNP in comparative European perspective; 9. Alien influence? The international context of the BNP's 'modernization'; 10. Local embedding as a factor in electoral success: the BNP and NPD compared; Conclusion: further avenues for research; Index
Summary This book examines the recent development of the far right in Britain, with a particular focus on the British National Party (BNP) the most electorally successful far right party in British history. It brings fresh perspectives to our understanding of the BNP in order to make a significant contribution to scholarly debate on the nature of far right extremism both nationally and internationally. The book is significantly different from other literature in the field primarily because of its focus on three important yet underdeveloped themes, which are reflected in the structure of the book itsel
Notes Print version record
Subject Right-wing extremists -- Great Britain -- History
Politics and government
Right-wing extremists
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056924
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007010853
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Macklin, Graham
ISBN 9781136820625
1136820620
9780203830192
0203830199