Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary Germany

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 1-3

3. The Setting

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 4-18

4. The German Right-Extremist Scene, 1945–1990

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 19-42

5. Right-Extremist Parties

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 43-76

6. Neo-Nazi Groups, Skinheads, and Violence

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 77-116

7. Tools of Propaganda and Recruitment

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 117-136

8. The New Right

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 137-168

9. Responses: Public and Private

   • Gerard Braunthal

   Pages 169-200

10. Conclusion

    • Gerard Braunthal

    Pages 201-213

11. Back Matter

    Pages 214-260

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This study of the German right-extremist movement looks at the three rightist political parties, neo-Nazi groups, skinhead gangs, and New Right intellectuals. It poses the question whether, at a time of global recession, the existing democratic system is resilient enough to meet the challenges posed by the xenophobic and racist groups.

• democracy
• extremism
• German
• Germany
• Political Parties
• european union politics

'Right-wing Extremism in Contemporary Germany provides readers with valuable insights into how the far right in Germany is challenging the political order on the streets, in the media and at the ballot box. In this well written and carefully researched book, Gerard Braunthal shows that the 'Berlin Republic' is actively responding to the threat and will be unlikely go the way of the Weimar Republic, even as it experiences the worst economic crisis in decades.'

- David Patton, Connecticut College, USA

'Gerard Braunthal's sweeping study of right-wing extremism in Germany since 1990 is based upon massive research. It is distinguished by the comprehensiveness of its treatment and the meticulousness of its scholarship. This volume will stand for many, many years as THE standard work in English on this theme.'

- Stephen Kalberg, Boston University, USA

• University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

  Gerard Braunthal

GERARD BRAUNTHAL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. As a specialist on politics in Germany he has written numerous books on its parties, interest groups, and domestic politics, such as The German Social Democrats since 1969: A Party in Power and Opposition.

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