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The Politics of Racism in France

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  • © 2003

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  1. Peter Fysh

    1. Nottingham Trent University, UK

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  2. Jim Wolfreys

    1. King’s College London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Republic and Her Immigrants

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 10-41

  4. The National Front Breakthrough and Consolidation, 1981–92

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 42-87

  5. Le Pen and the Extremist Tradition

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 88-117

  6. Anatomy of a Fascist Party: Ideology, Strategy, Organisation

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 118-152

  7. Youth and Anti-Racism

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 153-183

  8. New Contexts for Racism and Anti-Racism, 1992–2002

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 184-206

  9. The Republican Model in Question

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 207-220

  10. The Collapse of Official Politics

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 221-239

  11. Where Do We Go From Here?

    • Peter Fysh, Jim Wolfreys
    Pages 240-247

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 248-269
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While most analyses of the French National Front (NF) see it as a threat to democracy, the exact nature of this threat has never been clearly defined. Drawing on interviews with leading far-right figures and access to internal party documents, this book identifies the NF as a modern fascist party. The authors produce an uncompromising assessment of attempts to confront the NF and explain how it emerged as the leading challenger to a discredited mainstream in the 2002 presidential election.

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'It is crucial to understand what kind of party the National Front is and how it was built, and to overcome some of the weaknesses which have so far marked the oppostion to...On all these questions Peter Fysh and Jim Wolfreys have provided the clearest, most detailed and sharpest analysis yet.' - Paul McGarr, International Socialism

'This is a refreshingly combative book, which provides a lively and readable account of the emergence and consolidation of the Front national, its impact on French politics and the efforts of its opponents to stem its progress. The narrative is underpinned throughout by a vigorous line of argument which challenges some of the prevailing orthodoxies erected by leading French analysts in the field.' - Brian Jenkins, Modern and Contemporary France

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Peter Fysh

  • King’s College London, UK

    Jim Wolfreys

About the authors

PETER FYSH lectures in French and European studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Nottingham Trent University, after holding posts previously at Brunel and Aston Universities. His published work includes a translation from French and a number of articles and chapters on French and Spanish politics.

JIM WOLFREYS lectures in French politics at King's College London. He has published on the extreme right, the left and political corruption in contemporary France. His current research projects include an edited volume on history and revolution and a study of the French labour movement.

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