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>From Alan Spector, REVS Editor: The following appeared on another e-mail
network. It is a description of a book that would be of interest to many
members of the REVS list.

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From: Tore Bjorgo <Tore.Bjorgo@nupi.no>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 01:53:24 +0000
To: eram-list@bradford.ac.uk
Subject: Book notice

Terror From the Extreme Right: Actors and Motivations
Edited by Tore Bjcrgo
London: Frank Cass, 1995
(Ten chapters, 322 pages, bibliography, index)

In many parts of the world, terrorism and political violence of the
late 1980s and early 1990s have increasingly gravitated towards the
extreme right, in the direction of racism and extreme nationalism. In
most cases, violence and harassment is directed against ethnic or
social minorities, such as immigrants, left-wing activists or
homosexuals, but sometimes even the political establishment is
defined as an enemy and a legitimate target of violence.

What characterizes the ideologies and world-views of right-wing
extremist groups? Who do they see as their main "enemies", and what
kinds of threats are these enemies perceived to represent? How do the
militant activists relate to the State, the established power
structures, and wider political movements and parties on the right?
How, and under what circumstances, do aggressive ideology and
rhetoric translate into actual violence and terrorism?

In this first general and comparative volume with a focus on
right-wing terrorism across the world, ten leading experts on
right-wing extremism and terrorism address these questions. Case
studies focus on militant groups in North America, South Africa,
Japan, Italy, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries. The findings
throw a fascinating light on the international dimensions of
right-wing extremism, and how racist ideologies travel and combine
with other conceptions. The authors have also made important
observations on the relationship between ideological organizations
and the less organized groups which often carry out most of the
actual violence. Other findings relate to the relationship between
criminal behaviour and political violence, and to the social
background of the perpetrators of such violence. The book gives new
insight into the radicalization processes which produce right-wing
extremist violence. Equally important, however, is the emphasis on
factors and circumstances which might serve to restrain militant
groups from following their extremist ideas to their ultimate violent
conclusions.



Content:

1. Tore Bjcrgo (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs):
          Introduction

2. Ehud Sprinzak (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):
          Right-Wing Terrorism in a Comparative Perspective: The Case
          of Split Delegitimization

3. Jeffrey Kaplan (Arctic Sivunum Ilgsavak College, Alaska):
          Right-wing Violence in North America

4. Peter H. Merkl (University of California, Santa Barbara):
          Radical Right Parties in Europe and Anti-Foreign Violence:
          A Comparative Essay

5. Helene Loeoew (University of Stockholm):
          Racist Violence and Criminal Behaviour in Sweden: Myths and Reality

6. Helmut Willems (University of Trier):
          Development, Structure and Causes of Violence against
          Foreigners in Germany: Social Background and Biographic
          Characteristics of Perpetrators and the Process of Escalation

7. Tore Bjcrgo (The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs):
          Extreme Nationalism and Violent Rhetoric in Scandinavia:
          'The Resistance', 'Traitors', and 'Foreign Invaders'

8. Leonard Weinberg (University of Nevada - Reno):
         Italian Neo-Fascist Terrorism: A Comparative Perspective

9. David Welsh (University of Cape Town):
         Rightwing Terrorism in South Africa

10. Kenneth Szymkowiak and Patricia Steinhoff (University of Hawaii, Manoa):
        Wrapping Up in Something Long: Intimidation and Violence by
        Right-wing Groups in Postwar Japan


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Paperback: stlg 15
Hardcover: $ 30

May be ordered from your local bookstore or directly from
Frank Cass Publishers, Newbury House, 900 Eastern Avenue,
London IG2 7HH (Fax: +44-181-599 0984)


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Tore Bjorgo
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
P.O.B. 8159 Dep.
N-0033 Oslo, Norway

Phone +47-22-17 70 50
Fax   +47-22-17 70 15
Email Tore.Bjorgo@nupi.no
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