The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right

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Psychology Press, 2002 - History - 430 pages

The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right is an engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology and the reality of fascist government around the world. In a clear and simple manner, this book illustrates the main features of the subject using chronologies, maps, glossaries and biographies of key individuals.

As well as the key examples of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy, this book also draws on extreme right-wing movements in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Far East.

In a series of original essays, the authors explain the complex topics including:

  • the roots of fascism
  • fascist ideology
  • fascism in government and opposition
  • nation and race in fascism
  • fascism and society
  • fascism and economics
  • fascism and diplomacy.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT The basics
13
CHRONOLOGY
15
BACKGROUND
34
HISTORIOGRAPHY
42
AZ OF HISTORIANS
58
MAPS
72
FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT Themes
87
THE ECONOMY
139
DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
151
THE PRACTICE OF POLITICS IN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION
167
FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT Sources names and terms
185
GUIDE TO SOURCES
187
BIOGRAPHY
195
GLOSSARY
248
GUIDE TO SECONDARY READING
360

ROOTS AND ORIGINS
89
EVOLUTION OF IDEOLOGY
100
NATION AND RACE
113
CIVIL SOCIETY
126
NOTES
386
BIBLIOGRAPHY
398
INDEX
404
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