This handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes. It breaks new ground by assembling in a single volume 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 Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism 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 bothits current and its potential directions.

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The first handbook in the market to explore the topic of left-wing extremism, a unique side of extremism Extremely comprehensive, including a theoretical, regional/country specific, and special topic section Well established author in the field with an established track record in this area

Autorentext

José Pedro Zúquete is Research Fellow at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is the author of Missionary Politics in Contemporary Europe (2007), The Struggle for the World (co-authored with Charles Lindholm, 2010), and The Identitarians (2018).

Inhalt

Introduction José Pedro Zúquete.- SECTION I Conceptual/Empirical Issues.- 1. Left-wing Extremism: the conceptual dimension Uwe Backes.- 2. The Evolution of Left-Wing Extremism Garth Davies and Vanja Zdjelar.- 3. Radicalization and Left-Wing Extremism Katharina Krüsselmann and Daan Weggemans.- 4. Women in Left-Wing Extremism Irina Jugl and Daniel Kohler.- 5. Vanguardism and Left-Wing Extremism Phillip W. Gray.- 6. Left-Wing Extremism and Violence Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.- 7. Guerrilla and Cognitive Warfare in Transnational Leftwing Extremism Josh Vandiver.- 8. The Measurement of Left-Wing Extremist Attitudes Sebastian Jungkunz.- 9. Research Techniques in the Study of Left-Wing Extremism Arije Antinori.- SECTION II Manifestations of Left-Wing Extremism.- Europe.- 10. Germany Eckhard Jesse.- 11. France Isabelle Sommier.- 12. United Kingdom Luke March.- 13. Greece Lamprini Rori and Vasiliki Georgiadou.- 14. Spain Carles Viñas.- 15. Italy Francesco Marone.- 16. Scandinavia Jan Jämte, Måns Lundstedt, Magnus Wennerhag