Historical Legacies and the Radical Right in Post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe

The editor: Michael Minkenberg studied political science, history, and economics in Heidelberg, Freiburg i. Br., Bonn, and at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Currently, he is professor of comparative politics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and holds the Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies at New York University. He is the author of, among other books, The Radical Right in Europe: An Overview (Bertelsmann 2009) and Die neue radikale Rechte im Vergleich: USA, Frankreich, Deutschland (Westdeutscher Verlag 1998). His articles have appeared in many international journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Comparative European Politics, West European Politics, East European Politics and Society, Comparative Political Studies, and International Political Science Review. The author of the afterword: Dr. Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.