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White nationalism. White power. Racism. Identity politics. The Alt-Right. When former Breitbart News editor Steve Bannon took over Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and steered him to victory, the term "Alt-Right" entered the American conversation. Then, violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the summer of 2017 fueled the prominence of Alt-Rightism as a political force.

What is the Alt-Right? Is it an ideology, a trend, or just an unorganized group of people far outside the political mainstream in America? What effect is it having on American politics today, and what are the prospects for the Alt-Right in the futre?

In The Rise of the Alt-Right, Thomas J. Main addresses these and related questions through careful research and analysis, including extensive interviews with Alt-Right thought leaders and a unique analysis of traffic to online political magazines. Main also traces the movement's intellectual roots from the founding of modern conservatism in post-World War II America to the current Trump era.

Although the Alt-Right might seems to be just the latest extremist group to arise in the United States--one likely to take its place in the graveyard of its many predecessors--Main analyzes evidence that the Alt-Right is having a greater influence on the American political mainstream than did past extremist tendencies. Main argues that the Alt-Right represents a central challenge to democratic liberalism not only in America but in the Western world today.

The Rise of the Alt-Right is an important study for anyone intersted in the Alt-Right's challenge to democratic discourse--and the future of American politics and public life.

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  • Title The Rise of the Alt-Right
  • Author Thomas J. Main
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 313
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brookings Institution Press
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780815732884 / 0815732880
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6 x 1.3 in (23.37 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Right-wing extremists - United States, Conservatism - United States - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018012374
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.484

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About the author

Thomas J. Main is a professor at the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY. He is the author of Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio (NYU Press, 2016) and editor of the anthology, Is the American Constitution Obsolete? (Carolina Academic Press, 2013). He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and an MPA (master in public administration) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He has written widely for academic journals, political magazines, and newspapers.
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