La ultraderecha hoy

The far right has made a strong comeback. After decades relegated to the margins of the system, far-right politics has returned to the center of attention. Three of the largest democracies in the world -Brazil, India and the United States- currently have radical right-wing heads of government, while, in Europe, far-right parties continue to increase their levels of leadership and electoral support. In this timely book, the world's leading expert on political extremism, Cas Mudde, offers us a concise overview of the current fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, examining its history, its ideology, its organization, its causes and its consequences. as well as the responses that civil society agents, parties, and the State have at their disposal to address their ideas and influence. The defining feature of the current ultra-right renaissance, according to Mudde, is the "demarcation" and normalization that it is being subjected to in the contemporary political landscape. Questioning the orthodox way of conceiving the relationship between the established political system and far-right politics, Mudde provides a complex and illuminating account of one of the key political challenges of our time.