{"product_id":"empires-legacy-john-w-p-veugelers-9780190875664","title":"Empire's Legacy: Roots of a Far-Right Affinity in Contemporary France","description":"Many argue that globalization and its discontents explain the strength of populism and nativism in contemporary Europe, Latin America, and the United States. In France, though, an older potential born of imperialism has propelled the far right of Jean-Marie and Marine Le Pen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo explain how the National Front gained a foothold in France, \u003cem\u003eEmpire's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e connects local politics with historical developments that span nearly two centuries. Its analysis hinges on the idea of political potential: the possibility that a social group will support a movement, pressure group, political party, or other organized option. Starting from the French conquest of Algeria, John W.P Veugelers follows the career of a potential, showing how it erupted into support for the National Front in Toulon, the largest city under the far right of any postwar European democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelying on archival research, electoral surveys, and personal interviews, Veugelers shows that voluntary associations, interest-group politics, and patron-client relations knit together a far-right affinity bequeathed by French imperialism. Veugelers examines the possibilities and limits of far-right power at the local level, moreover, and the barriers that effective, scandal-free government pose to extremist success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring new terrain in the study of contemporary politics, \u003cem\u003eEmpire's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case for a subcultural approach that connects social networks to symbolic codes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John W. P. Veugelers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190875666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190875664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"John W. P. Veugelers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914169712895,"sku":"9780190875664","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_75d1f2d3-fd43-4e13-86f0-b7cd3a261e50.jpg?v=1680640739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empires-legacy-john-w-p-veugelers-9780190875664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}