Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy (Reader in Modern History) Book

No other political party in the history of British fascism has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). It has won increasing success at local elections and it aspires to break through into the national arena of mainstream politics. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Founded in 1982 and led by John Tyndall until 1999, the 'old' BNP is investigated first. Nigel Copsey then moves on to discuss Nick Griffin's 'modernisation' strategy, before examining the BNP's rise from obscurity as well as its most recent ballot-box endeavours. The final chapter places the subject in its broader international context. This thought-provoking book serves as a wake-up call for those who take the party's claim to have broken with its fascist pace at face value.