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Right-Wing Populism in America - Too Close for Comfort (Paperback)
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Right-Wing Populism in America - Too Close for Comfort (Paperback)
Series: Critical Perspectives
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Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have
received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City
bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal
extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream
politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This
important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots
and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States.
Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric,
conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many
political movements from the colonial period to the present day.
The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of
Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of
contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy
of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an
array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive
analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected
Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt
to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are
the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political
system and the hope of progressive social change.
Winner--Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study
of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America
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