Chapter 11 The Rise and Strength of Authoritarian Restoration—Constructing a Comparative Logic for Research

From the ideologues and practitioners of Hindutva to the French Front National, a variety of authoritarian voices demand the restoration of community against formalized society and local traditions against the stranger. They call for strong states enforcing law and order. They defend traditional fam...

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Published inDecentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World
Main Author Keim, Wiebke
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 2021
Subjects
Humanities and Social Sciences
Sociology
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ISBN9789004466609
9004466606
DOI10.1163/9789004466609

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Summary:From the ideologues and practitioners of Hindutva to the French Front National, a variety of authoritarian voices demand the restoration of community against formalized society and local traditions against the stranger. They call for strong states enforcing law and order. They defend traditional family models against individualism and gender pluralism. They claim to represent some dispossessed, victimized, humiliated and pure constituency. Some of their opponents denounce them as “fascists”. What happened? Where do they come from? Why are they successful today?
ISBN:9789004466609
9004466606
DOI:10.1163/9789004466609