Studies of the right and radical right have proliferated since the rise of European nationalist and populist parties in the 1980s. Yet, the literature on the right and the radical right has a largely Euro-American bias and has been limited by partisan academics that focus on the left. 

The Right and Radical Right in the Americas hopes to be a pioneering work that examines the history and contemporary manifestations of the right and radical right throughout the Americas. From interwar Canada to contemporary Chile, the right and radical right have come in diverse ideological currents. 

Those ideological currents have undergone historical changes and the strategies of the right and radical right need to be contextualized in respect of country and region. The right and radical right also have distinctive meanings throughout the Americas and in different epochs.

Review

"In this collection, contributors examine past and current manifestations of the right and radical right throughout the Americas, seeking to fill a gap in the literature, which is often centered on Europe. Each chapter explores the various manifestations of the right--e.g., Catholic nationalism in Mexico, the wave of authoritarian tendencies in the 1930s, and the 21st-century emergence of the extreme right in Chile--helping to contextualize the underlying motivations of and influences for the emergence of the right and the radical right. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals." -- Choice Reviews

About the Author

Tamir Bar-On is professor-researcher in the School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Bàrbara Molas is head of publishing for the Steering Group of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right