Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right

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It is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in popularity of extreme-right parties across Europe, the question on everyones minds is: how did this happen An expansive investigation of the ways in which a newly-configured right interconnects with anti-democratic and illiberal forces at the level of the state, Europes Fault Lines provides much-needed answers, revealing some uncomfortable truths. What appear to be blind spots about far-right extremism on the part of the state, are shown to constitute collusionas police, intelligence agencies and the military embark on practices of covert policing that bring them into direct or indirect contact with the far right, in ways that bring to mind the darkest days of Europes authoritarian past. Old racisms may be structured deep in European thought, but they have been revitalized and spun in new ways: the war on terror, the cultural revolution from the right, and the migration-linked demonization of the destitute scrounger. Drawing on her work for the Institute of Race Relations over thirty years, Liz Fekete exposes the fundamental fault lines of racism and authoritarianism in contemporary Europe.

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Liz Fekete is one of the best analysts of the complexities of racism in Europe today. -- Professor Avery Gordon, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Feketes writing is incisive, informative and infused with a controlled but passionate outrage at the injustices she relates. * Red Pepper *
[Praise for A Suitable enemy] Illuminating the issues and enlightening readers confused by the contradictions of the liberal press, this book is an essential tool for understanding contemporary racism and a demonstration of how necessary the fight against racism is for the full realisation of human rights * Manchester Mule *

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Liz Fekete is Director of the Institute of Race Relations, where she has worked for over thirty years. She heads its European Research Programme (ERP) and is an Advisory Editor to its journal Race & Class. She is the author of A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe.