To provide students with a conceptual and theoretical foundation
 
To understand radical right politics in western democracies

To introduce the students to case studies of radical right 
politics in various western countries

To discover and explain the differences and similarities that 
exist among radical right politics in individual western 
countries

The course consists of three parts. In the first part a 
historical overview is presented of radical right politics in 
the (western) world. This part addresses historical Fascism and 
National Socialism and their legacies on postwar western 
democracies. In the second part the radical right politics in 
contemporary western democracies will be discussed, most 
notably in Europe and North America. This part will include 
in-depth case studies of both western democratic countries and 
their main far right organizations. In the third and last part 
we will discuss various conceptual and theoretical issues 
concerning radical right politics in western democracies from a 
comparative perspective (e.g., gender, economic policies, 
international cooperation, violence).