The Politics of Racism in France

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

   PDF

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

    PDF

This book traces the rise of the French National Front and presents an analysis of the organisation's origins, structure and doctrine which concludes that the Le Pen phenomenon represents a modern and sophisticated form of fascism. The authors offer a critical assessment of how political parties and anti-racist organisations have responded to the National Front's exploitation of the immigration issue and examine the political arguments accompanying the reception of foreign workers and their families by French society during the twentieth century.

• immigration
• migration
• politics

'This is an excellent book and probably the best available English- language history of the Front National.' - David Renton, Contemporary Politics

'...comprehensive study of racism in France explaining clearly how the National Front has come to be such a threat.' - Andy Stafford, Socialist Review

• Nottingham Trent University, UK

  Peter Fysh

• King’s College London, UK

  Jim Wolfreys

PETER FYSH is Senior Lecturer in French at Nottingham Trent University. He previously taught at Brunel and Aston Universities. He has published articles on the National Front in major journals, including Modern and Contemporary France and Parliamentary Affairs as well as articles and book chapters on Gaullism and the French right.

JIM WOLFREYS is Lecturer in French at King's College London. He has written a number of articles in academic journals and books on the French extreme right. The Politics of Racism in France is his first book.

Policies and ethics