The present work deals not only with the well-organized right extremism in modern Europe
as well as with its function in proper political parties, but equally includes two additional …

This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the'New Right'which originated
in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European …

Beginning with an analysis of the complex relationship between fascism and the post-war
extreme right, the book discusses both contemporary parties and the cultural and intellectual …

In November 2011, Silvio Berlusconi resigned as Prime Minister of Italy. A few months
earlier he had resigned as head of the Popolo della Libertà party (People of Freedom)–the …

The world's most popular sport, soccer is a global and cultural phenomenon. The television
audience for the 2010 World Cup included nearly half of the world's population, with viewers …

This article overviews the current debate on 'political religion'as it relates to totalitarian
regimes. Beginning by contrasting Emilio Gentile's 'sacralisation of politics' thesis with …

This chapter analyses the construction of the people (das Volk) in the populist style of
politics as performed in the German PEGIDA-movement. Pointing at the ambiguities of the …

In both the United States and Britain, the participation of the common man and woman in
politics increased dramatically in the early nineteenth century. Groups of disenfranchised …

With the defeats of the Italian Fascist regime in 1943 and the short-lived, pro-Nazi Italian
Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana—RSI) in 1945, it was assumed that fascism …