The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right / Edition 1

by Peter Davies, Derek Lynch

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415214940
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2002
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Davies, Derek Lynch

Table of Contents

I: Fascism and the Far Right; Chronology; Background; Historiography; A-Z of Historians; Maps; II: Fascism and The Far Right; Roots and Origins; Evolution of Ideology; Nation and Race; Civil Society; The Economy; Diplomacy And International Relations; The Practice of Politics In Government and Opposition; III: Fascism and the Far Right; Guide to Sources