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Meaning and Forms of Political Extremism in Past and Present
Meaning and Forms of Political Extremism in Past and Present

Author(s): Uwe Backes
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství

Summary/Abstract: The article seeks to contribute to the conceptualisation of political extremism and to lay a foundation for further theoretical studies which are explanatory in nature. A sketch of the history of the concepts follows a discussion of structural characteristics and then a typological examination of forms of extremism, particularly those of the 20th and 21st century.

  • Issue Year: IX/2007
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 242-262
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English