This book offers the first comparative study of far-right messaging and organizing efforts at the workplace level as well as responses by established trade unions, encompassing six European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland). Drawing on semi-structured interviews with workers and trade union actors with a focus on the automobile industry, the volume develops a classification of far-right strategies and trade union counter-strategies in comparative perspective. Based on a research project in cooperation with trade unions, the book is situated at the interface of comparative politics, industrial sociology, political economy, and political sociology.

Is the first comparative study of far-right messaging and organizing strategies at the workplace level Is the first monograph on the supply & demand sides working-class support for far right in comparative perspective Is situated at the interface of political science, sociology, and industrial relations

Autorentext

Seongcheol Kim is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany.

Samuel Greef is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany.

Wolfgang Schroeder is Professor and Chair for Political System of Germany in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Far Right and the Workers: An Overview.- Chapter 3: Belgium.- Chapter 4: France.- Chapter 5: Germany.- Chapter 6: Hungary.- Chapter 7: Italy.- Chapter 8: Poland.- Chapter 9: Conclusions: The Far Right and the Workers in Comparative Perspective.