The Radical Right in Switzerland : : Continuity and Change, 1945-2000 / / Damir Skenderovic.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Skenderovic, Damir,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (470 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; List of Abbreviations --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE CONCEPT OF THE RADICAL RIGHT --; 2. SUCCESS CONDITIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL VARIATION IN SWITZERLAND --; 3. AN EARLY PRECURSOR: THE MOVEMENT AGAINST OVERFOREIGNIZATION IN THE 1960S AND 1970S --; 4. OUTSIDERS IN THE PARTY SYSTEM: FRINGE PARTIES IN THE 1980S AND 1990S --; 5. ENTERING THE MAINSTREAM: THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW SVP IN THE 1990S --; 6. A SUPPLIER OF IDEOLOGY: THE NEW RIGHT IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING PART OF SWITZERLAND --; 7. AN INTELLECTUAL ELITE: THE NEW RIGHT IN THE FRENCH-SPEAKING PART OF SWITZERLAND --; 8. AT THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS: THE SUBCULTURE OF THE EXTREME RIGHT --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845459482; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781845459482
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Damir Skenderovic.

There has been a tendency amongst scholars to view Switzerland as a unique case, and comparative scholarship on the radical right has therefore shown little interest in the country. Yet, as the author convincingly argues, there is little justification for maintaining the notion of Swiss exceptionalism, and excluding the Swiss radical right from cross-national research. His book presents the first comprehensive study of the development of the radical right in Switzerland since the end of the Second World War and therefore fills a significant gap in our knowledge. It examines the role that parties and political entrepreneurs of the populist right, intellectuals and publications of the New Right, as well as propagandists and militant groups of the extreme right assume in Swiss politics and society. The author shows that post-war Switzerland has had an electorally and discursively important radical right since the 1960s that has exhibited continuity and persistence in its organizations and activities. Recently, this has resulted in the consolidation of a diverse Swiss radical right that is now established at various levels within the political and public arena.