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The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy

By: Nigel Copsey

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Hardcover | 1 October 2008 | Edition Number 2

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No other political party in the history of British fascism has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). It has won increasing success at local elections and it aspires to break through into the national arena of mainstream politics. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Founded in 1982 and led by John Tyndall until 1999, the ''‚¬~old' BNP is investigated first. Nigel Copsey then moves on to discuss Nick Griffin's ''‚¬~modernisation' strategy, before examining the BNP's rise from obscurity as well as its most recent ballot-box endeavours. The final chapter places the subject in its broader international context. This thought-provoking book serves as a wake-up call for those who take the party's claim to have broken with its fascist pace at face value.

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'Copsey's updated book on the BNP is essential reading for political scientists and extremism-watchers who want to gain deeper insight into the evolution of the extreme right in Britain. It also presents a meticulous case study in the way the irresistible forces of virulent racism and fascism that dominated crisis-stricken inter-war Europe are prepared to cynically domesticate and 'democratize' themselves to survive in a contemporary world of globalization, multiculturalism, and mindless consumerism in their pursuit of the chimera of national rebirth.' - Roger Griffin, Professor of Modern History, Oxford Brookes University, UK

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
'Back to Front': John Tyndall and the Origins of the British National Party	p. 6
From League of Empire Loyalist to National Socialist	p. 7
Emerging from the British fuhrer's shadow: from the National Socialist Movement to the National Front	p. 12
Leading from the Front	p. 16
Schism at the 'gay' National Front and the birth of the British National Party	p. 21
The Struggle for the Soul of British Nationalism	p. 29
Establishing itself: the BNP in its early years	p. 29
The holy grail of 'Nationalist Unity': the British National Party and the challenge of the National Front, 1983-87	p. 33
On or off? The BNP and the electoral trail	p. 39
The 1980s draw to a close: the BNP at the end of the road?	p. 42
A False Dawn in Tower Hamlets: The British National Party in the 1990s	p. 51
Making gains at the ballot box	p. 52
'Rights for whites': the BNP and the quest for local legitimacy	p. 56
London's 'secret racists': a helping hand from elsewhere	p. 61
The false dawn	p. 66
Manoeuvring towards the leadership contest	p. 69
Fascism on the Fringe: The Ideology of Tyndall's British National Party	p. 76
Conceptualising right-wing extremism	p. 77
Fascism: the revolutionary ideology of the extreme right	p. 80
In search of revolutionary rebirth	p. 82
The racial fascism of the British National Party	p. 87
On the Jewish question	p. 91
'Neither capitalism nor socialism': the British National Party and the new economic order	p. 93
Conclusion: a contemporary British fascism	p. 97
New Millennium New Leader: Nick Griffin and the Modernisation of the British National Party, 1999-2001	p. 100
Responsibility	p. 101
Professionalism	p. 106
Slinging mud and electing the leader	p. 109
Griffin takes charge	p. 112
Modernisation de-railed?	p. 119
Out of Obscurity: The Rise of the British National Party, 2001-2003	p. 124
Oldham, Burnley and the 2001 General Election	p. 125
Courting the media, winning votes and getting elected	p. 133
'The genie is out of the bottle'	p. 142
'We don't just win in Lancashire'	p. 144
Successes and Setbacks: The British National Party since 2004	p. 150
Frustrated expectations: the June 2004 elections	p. 150
'Breaking with the past'	p. 156
National-populism or neo-fascism?	p. 161
'Their finest hour': the 2006 local elections	p. 165
'Target 100': the 2007 local elections and beyond	p. 169
The British National Party in Comparative Perspective	p. 174
Right-wing extremism: a rising tide?	p. 174
Explaining the rise of far-right parties in Western Europe	p. 179
The British National Party: similarity and difference	p. 190
Conclusion	p. 203
Notes	p. 209
Select Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 253
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