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Contemporary British Fascism

The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy

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  • © 2008

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  1. Nigel Copsey

    1. University of Teesside, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 1-5

  3. ‘Back to Front’: John Tyndall and the Origins of the British National Party

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 6-28

  4. The Struggle for the Soul of British Nationalism

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 29-50

  5. A False Dawn in Tower Hamlets: The British National Party in the 1990s

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 51-75

  6. Fascism on the Fringe: The Ideology of Tyndall’s British National Party

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 76-99

  7. New Millennium New Leader: Nick Griffin and the Modernisation of the British National Party, 1999–2001

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 100-123

  8. Out of Obscurity: The Rise of the British National Party, 2001–2003

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 124-149

  9. Successes and Setbacks: The British National Party since 2004

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 150-173

  10. The British National Party in Comparative Perspective

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 174-202

  11. Conclusion

    • Nigel Copsey
    Pages 203-208

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 209-264
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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.

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'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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  • University of Teesside, UK

    Nigel Copsey

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.

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