Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture

Subculture

In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.- Definition :...

 is a book edited by Jeffrey Kaplan

Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)

Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan is an American academic who has authored and edited a number of books on religious violence, terrorism and the far right. He is an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors of the university's Institute...

 and Tore Bjørgo. It collects the papers of an international conference held in New Orleans, from December 8, 1995 to December 11, 1995.

It was published by Northeastern University Press in 1998 as a 273-page paperback (ISBN 1-55553-331-0) and hardcover (ISBN 1-55553-332-9).

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction by Jeffrey Kaplan
  Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)
  Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan is an American academic who has authored and edited a number of books on religious violence, terrorism and the far right. He is an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors of the university's Institute...
  
   and Tore Bjørgo

1. An Overview of Right-Wing Extremism in the Western World: A Study of Convergence, Linkage, and Identity; by Leonard Weinberg
   Leonard Weinberg
   Leonard Weinberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 30, 1889. He was the founder of the large law firm in Downtown Baltimore, Weinberg and Green...
   
   
2. The World Union of National Socialists
   World Union of National Socialists
   The World Union of National Socialists is an organisation founded in 1962 as an umbrella group for neo-Nazi organisations across the globe.-Formation:...
   
    and Postwar Transatlantic Nazi Revival; by Frederick J. Simonelli
3. Conspiracy Theories as Stigmatized Knowledge: The Basis for a New Age Racism?; by Michael Barkun
   Michael Barkun
   Michael Barkun is professor emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, specializing in political extremism and the relationship between religion and violence...
   
   
4. Racism on the Internet: Mapping Neo-Fascist Subcultures in Cyberspace
   Cyberspace
   Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story "True...
   
   ; by Les Back
   Les Back
   Les Back is a professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and an author.-Biography:Les Back was born in Croydon in south London and studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at Goldsmiths, University of London. He received a PhD in social anthropology in 1991...
   
   , Michael Keith, and John Solomos
5. Religiosity and the Radical Right: Toward the Creation of a New Ethnic Identity; by Jeffrey Kaplan
   Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)
   Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan is an American academic who has authored and edited a number of books on religious violence, terrorism and the far right. He is an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors of the university's Institute...
   
   
6. White power rock 'n' Roll: A Growing Industry; by Heléne Lööw
7. Hitler's Grandchildren?: The Reemergence of a Right-Wing Social Movement in Germany
   Germany
   Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
   
   ; by Wolfgang Kühnel
8. The Emergence of Postcommunist
   Post-Communism
   Post-communism is a name sometimes given to the period of political and economic transformation or "transition" in former Communist states located in parts of Europe and Asia, in which new governments aimed to create free market-oriented capitalist economies with some form of parliamentary...
   
    Youth Identities in Eastern Europe
   Eastern Europe
   Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
   
   : From Communist Youth, to Skinheads, to National Socialists
   Neo-Nazism
   Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism or some variant thereof.The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movements....
   
    and Beyond; by Lászlo Kürti
9. Living Out Our Ethnic Instincts: Ideological Beliefs Among Right-Wing Activists in Norway
   Norway
   Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
   
   ; by Katrine Fangen
10. Entry, Bridge-Burning and Exit Options: What Happens to Young People Who Join Racist Groups—and Want to Leave?; by Tore Bjørgo.
    • Contributors
    • Index

External links

• Nation And Race at the publisher's page.