Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Berlet, Chip

Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781572305625)

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Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Berlet, Chip

Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort

$30.00
Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Berlet, Chip

Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort

$30.00
Format: Paperback
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Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change.

Winner--Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America



Author: Chip Berlet, Matthew N. Lyons
ISBN-10: 1572305622
ISBN-13: 9781572305625
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2000
Pages: 499
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.08w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2000 pg. 83
Choice 07/01/2001 pg. 2037
Library Journal 05/01/2013
By Chip Berlet
By Chip Berlet
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Chip Berlet has written about right-wing movements for over 20 years, with bylines in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Progressive, and scores of other publications. He is senior analyst at Political Research Associates in Somerville, MA, and editor of Eyes Right! Challenging the Right Wing Backlash. He has contributed articles and chapters to several scholarly books and journals and his media appearances and citations as an expert include Newsweek, National Public Radio, and Nightline.

Matthew N. Lyons is a historian, activist, and writer whose work has focused on systems of oppression and social movements. He is research associate for the Hansberry-Nemiroff Archival, Educational, and Cultural Fund, and author of The Grassroots Network: Radical Nonviolence in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1972-1985.

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