Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy

by N. Copsey

Overview

No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230574366
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/14/2008
Series:	Reader in Modern History
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2008
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

NIGEL COPSEY is Reader in Modern History at the University of Teesside (UK). The author of Anti-Fascism in Britain, and co-editor of British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State, he has published widely on British right-wing extremism, fascism and anti-fascism.

Table of Contents

Back to Front': John Tyndall and the Origins of the British National Party The Struggle for the Soul of British Nationalism A False Dawn in Tower Hamlets: The British National Party in the 1990s Fascism on the Fringe: The Ideology of Tyndall's British National Party New Millennium New Leader: Nick Griffin and the Modernization of the British National Party, 1999–2001 Out of Obscurity: The Rise of the British National Party, 2001–2003 Successes and Setbacks: The British National Party since 2004 The British National Party in Comparative Context

Editorial Reviews

'Copsey's updated book on the BNP is essential reading for political scientists and extremism-watchers who want to gain deeper insight into the evolution of the extreme right in Britain. It also presents a meticulous case study in the way the irresistible forces of virulent racism and fascism that dominated crisis-stricken inter-war Europe are prepared to cynically domesticate and 'democratize' themselves to survive in a contemporary world of globalization, multiculturalism, and mindless consumerism in their pursuit of the chimera of national rebirth.' - Roger Griffin, Professor of Modern History, Oxford Brookes University, UK

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