Pride in prejudice: Understanding Britain's Extreme Right - Softcover

Paul Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526156725 ISBN 13: 9781526156723

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Pride in prejudice offers a concise introduction to extreme right cultures in Britain today, exploring the origins of this complex movement and the numerous groups and activists that make up Britain’s contemporary extreme right. Showcasing the latest research, Pride in prejudice demonstrates that the movement has a long history in Britain. Jackson evaluates successes and failures in policy responses to the extreme right, and identifies the on-going risks posed by lone-actor terrorism. In order to tackle the extreme right, Jackson argues, we must not only make ourselves aware of the changing ways the movement operates, but we must understand how the extreme right legitimises its perspectives in mainstream discourses that can implicitly and explicitly support its racist and extremist views.

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About the Author

Paul Jackson is Professor in the History of Radicalism and Extremism at the University of Northampton who specializes in the history and contemporary dynamics of fascism and the extreme right. He is the curator of the Searchlight Archive at the university, which is one of the UK’s largest collections of material related to the recent history of extreme right groups. He has engaged widely with the media, including national and international press, as well as for BBC radio and television, and he has written articles for the Guardian and the Huffington Post. He has engaged widely with policymakers, professionals and activists, including creating bespoke training packages related to risks posed by the extreme right. -- .

From the Back Cover

'An essential primer for students, campaigners, policymakers and anybody else who wants to understand why the extreme right is a persistent and dangerous presence on the UK's political landscape.'
Daniel Trilling, author of Bloody nasty people: The rise of Britain's Far Right

'At last a comprehensive, lucid and highly readable overview of the radical right wing populist and fascist right in Britain. [...] A fundamental book for anyone concerned with or concerned by the 'far right' at any level of engagement with it.'
Roger Griffin, author of The Nature of Fascism (1991) and Fascism: An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies (2018)

Pride in prejudice offers a concise introduction to extreme right cultures in Britain today, exploring the origins of this complex movement and the numerous groups and activists that make up Britain's contemporary extreme right. Showcasing the latest research, Pride in prejudice demonstrates that the movement has a long history in Britain. Jackson evaluates successes and failures in policy responses to the extreme right, and identifies the on-going risks posed by lone-actor terrorism.

In order to tackle the extreme right, Jackson argues, we must not only make ourselves aware of the changing ways the movement operates, but we must understand how the extreme right legitimises its perspectives in mainstream discourses that can implicitly and explicitly support its racist and extremist views.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1526156725
• ISBN 13: 9781526156723
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248