Extreme right activists in Europe : through the magnifying glass / edited by Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-306) and index.

Right-wing extremism as a social movement / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Links with the past / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Context, alliances and conflict / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Political demand and supply / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer -- Writing life-histories : interviewing extreme right-wing activists / team-members -- Italy : the offspring of fascism / Patrizia Milesi, Antonello Chirumbolo, and Patrizia Catellani -- France : a two-centuries-old galaxy / Valérie Lafont -- Extreme right-wing activism in the Flemish part of Belgium : manifestation of racism or nationalism? / Hans De Witte -- Doing it for Germany : a study of Die Republikaner and Junge Freiheit / Ludger Klein and Bernd Simon -- The Netherlands : stigmatized outsiders / Annette Linden and Bert Klandermans -- One root, different branches : identity, injustice and schism / Patrizia Catellani, Patrizia Milesi, and Alberto Crescentini -- Identity in German right-wing extremism : levels, functions, and processes / Ludger Klein and Bernd Simon -- Do right- and left-wing extremists have anything in common? / Antonio Chirumbolo, Nonna Mayer and Hans De Witte -- Through the magnifying glass : the world of extreme right activists / Bert Klandermans and Nonna Mayer.

Since the 1980s, one of the main political changes in Western Europe has been the electoral upsurge of extreme right-wing parties. However, while the electoral support of these movements has been studied extensively, their membership has largely been ignored. This book examines who joins the extreme right and why? Drawing upon extensive research and featuring contributions from distinguished social psychologists and political scientists, this book provides the most detailed comparative study yet published of the psychology of right-wing extremist activists. Countries discussed include Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and France.