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This two-volume book considers from a risk perspective the current phenomenon of the new Alt-Right authoritarianism and whether it represents 'real' democracy or an unacceptable hegemony potentially resulting in elected dictatorships and abuses as well as dysfunctional government. Contributing authors represent an eclectic range of disciplines, including cognitive, organizational and political psychology, sociology, history, political science, international relations, linguistics and discourse analysis, and risk analysis. The Alt-Right threats and risk exposures, whether to democracy, human rights, law and order, social welfare, racial harmony, the economy, national security, the environment, and international relations, are identified and analysed across a number of selected countries. While Vol.1 (ISBN 978-3-8382-1153-4) focusses on the U.S., Vol. 2 illuminates the phenomenon in the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Hungary, and Russia. Potential strategies to limit the Alt-Right threat are proposed.

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This two-volume book is like building a tapestry. Threads are put together in a skillful and professional way to create a whole. But it is not decorative. It is as hard as it gets. It does not pull any punches in successfully raising consciousness about the Alt-Right and the threats it poses to democratic societies.--Antony A. Vass, Middlesex University This phenomenal work is a major contribution to our understanding of the risks facing democracies from the rising new authoritarianism. It will establish itself and remain a major reference work for generations to come.--Antony A. Vass, emeritus professor, criminologist, penologist, legal consultant, sociologist, psychologist, and psychotherapist A refreshingly different analytical focus for the phenomenon of resurgent authoritarianism now evident in populist and radical right-wing politics. The first book on the alternative right to explicitly frame the narrative around a risk analysis.--George Boustras, professor in risk assessment, European University Cyprus, and director of the Center for Risk and Decision Science Extreme attitudes are more commonplace than we might expect, but when they are perceived as mainstream, such repositioning can be used to legitimize extreme acts. In consideration of such risks, the editor has assembled a fine array of contributors to produce a rounded and accessible analysis of the 'alternative right.' The result is thought-provoking, necessarily reflective, and scholarly, with lessons for all of us.--Ashley Weinberg, senior lecturer in psychology, University of Salford

This two-volume book is like building a tapestry. Threads are put together in a skillful and professional way to create a whole. But it is not decorative. It is as hard as it gets. It does not pull any punches in successfully raising consciousness about the Alt-Right and the threats it poses to democratic societies.--Antony A. Vass, Middlesex University

This two-volume book is like building a tapestry. Threads are put together in a skillful and professional way to create a whole. But it is not decorative. It is as hard as it gets. It does not pull any punches in successfully raising consciousness about the Alt-Right and the threats it poses to democratic societies.--Antony A. Vass, Middlesex University Extreme attitudes are more commonplace than we might expect, but when they are perceived as mainstream, such repositioning can be used to legitimize extreme acts. In consideration of such risks, the editor has assembled a fine array of contributors to produce a rounded and accessible analysis of the 'alternative right.' The result is thought-provoking, necessarily reflective, and scholarly, with lessons for all of us.--Ashley Weinberg, senior lecturer in psychology, University of Salford This phenomenal work is a major contribution to our understanding of the risks facing democracies from the rising new authoritarianism. It will establish itself and remain a major reference work for generations to come.--Antony A. Vass, emeritus professor, criminologist, penologist, legal consultant, sociologist, psychologist, and psychotherapist A refreshingly different analytical focus for the phenomenon of resurgent authoritarianism now evident in populist and radical right-wing politics. The first book on the alternative right to explicitly frame the narrative around a risk analysis.--George Boustras, professor in risk assessment, European University Cyprus, and director of the Center for Risk and Decision Science

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Dr Alan Waring, main contributor and editor. Originally qualifying and practicing as an industrial chemist, in mid-career he switched to management and social sciences. PhD 1993 at Westminster University jointly with Aston Business School, for an ethnographic study of three cases of organizations undergoing substantive change. International risk management consultant on range of corporate, strategic and operational risk issues to government departments, institutions and large corporations 19862016. Reports contributed to several public inquries on major disasters. More than 80 assignments in 14 countries. Sometime visiting academic roles in Beijing (International Risk Consultant, Tsinghua University 20052007), Hong Kong (Adjunct Professor, Centre for Corporate Governance and Financial Policy, HK Baptist University 20062008), and Cyprus (Visiting Professor, Centre for Risk, Safety and the Environment, European University Cyprus 20122016). Special risk study 19931998 (in Iran and UK) relating to Irans planned transition to an economy without oil. Books include Managing Risk (Waring and Glendon, 1998), Corporate Risk and Governance (2013) and Practical Systems Thinking (1996). Over 100 conference and seminar papers in UK, USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Iran and Cyprus. Several hundred articles in the academic, business and popular press. Contributor of The Risk Watch column in Financial Mirror since 2004.

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