The Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism, Volume 2

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-36267-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 781 g

This handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes. It breaks new ground by assembling a comparative analysis of the phenomenon that is both multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Gathering a wide range of influential scholars who have worked at length in the field of extremism studies from different perspectives, backgrounds, and geographical settings, the presents an array of thought-provoking and innovative as well as informative analyses and discussions – both historical and contemporary - about the phenomenon of left-wing extremism and of how researchers conceive of and approach it in their study. The Handbook is designed to be, for the foreseeable future, the reference work for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of left-wing extremism in all its manifestations, subtleties, and dynamics, and both itscurrent and its potential directions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zúquete, José Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction José Pedro Zúquete North-America.- 17. Anarchist Violence in the United States: 1900 to the Present Richard Bach Jensen.- 18. Antifa: Anatomy of a Movement George Michael.- 19. Are Right-Wing Americans Really More Tolerant of Political Violence? George Hawley.- 20. Examining Equity, Extremism, and Left-Right Reciprocal Radicalization Jacob Zenn.- 21. The Revolutionary Left in Central America Alberto Martín Álvarez.- South-America.- 22. Colombia Juan Federico Pino-Uribe and Andrea Marcela Cely Forero.- 23. Peru Martin Tanaka.- 24. Venezuela Margarita Lopez Maya and Neller Ochoa Hernandez.- Asia-Pacific.- 25. China Barbara Mittler.- 26. Southeast Asia Matthew Galway.- 27. India Niranjan Saho.- 28. Australia Kristy Campion.- Africa.- 29. Left-Wing Revolutionary Violence in Africa John LeJeune.- GLOBE.- 30. Left-Wing Extremism and the War on Civilization José Pedro Zúquete.- 31. Eco-Extremism and Apocalypticism Miroslav Mareš.- PART III CONTENTIOUS ISSUES – THE MAINSTREAMING OF LEFT-WING EXTREMISM.- 32. Left-Modernism Extremism Eric Kaufmann.- 33. The Woke Phenomenon: Its Impact and Different Responses Pierre Valentin.- 34. Ideological Corruption of Science: Is the Right always wrong? John Staddon.- 35. The Radicalization of the American Academy Lee Jussim, Nathan Honeycutt, Pamela Paresky, Akeela Careem, Danica Finkelstein, Joel Finkelstein.

Über Autor(innen)

José Pedro Zúquete is Research Fellow at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is the author of (2007), co-authored with Charles Lindholm, 2010), and  (2018).