Organizing against democracy : the local development of the far right in Greece and Europe / Antonis A. Ellinas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellinas, Antonis A., 1975- author.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right-wing extremists--Europe.

Right-wing extremists.

Europe--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe.

Greece--Politics and government--1945-.

Greece.

Germany--Politics and government--1945-.

Germany.

Slovakia--Politics and government--1945-.

Slovakia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Organizing Against Democracy investigates some of the most important challenges modern democracies face, filling a distinctive gap in the literature, both empirically and theoretically. Ellinas examines the attempts of three of the most extreme European far-right parties to establish roots in local societies, and the responses of democratic actors. He offers a theory of local party development to analyze the many factors affecting the evolution of far-right parties at the subnational level. Using extraordinarily rich data, the author examines the 'lives' of local far-right party organizations in Greece, Germany and Slovakia, studying thousands of party activities and interviewing dozens of party leaders and functionaries, and antifascists. He goes on to explore how and why extreme parties succeed in some local settings while, in others, they fail. This book broadens our understanding of right-wing extremism, illuminating the factors limiting its corrosiveness.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Extremist right-wing parties in Europe

Chapter 3. The organizational development of extremist right-wing parties

Chapter 4. The organizational development of the Golden Dawn

Chapter 5. Variation in local organizational development

Chapter 6. Endogenous drivers of local organizational development

Chapter 7. Electoral drivers of local drivers of local organizational development

Chapter 8. The state and local organizational development

Chapter 9. Societal reactions and local organizational development

Chapter 10. The local development of extremist right-wing parties in Germany and Slovakia

Chapter 11. Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-24451-3

1-108-24622-2

1-108-22792-9