New Authoritarianism

Vol 3: A Risk Analysis of the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis

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• Publisher: ibidem
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9783838274935
• Edition: 0

This volume continues the series that scrutinizes, from a risk perspective, the current phenomenon of authoritarianism, as displayed by the new radical right (also known as alternative right), and whether it represents 'real' democracy or an unacceptable hegemony potentially resulting in elected dictatorships and abuses as well as dysfunctional government and harm to many parties. The book identifies and analyzes risk issues arising from the radical-right phenomenon in many forms, including the personal safety and security of individual citizens, ethno-religious minorities, and other minorities and vulnerable groups, as well as threats to organizations, public order and national security, to democratic governance, and to international security. As chapters reveal, the cross-flow of ideological, organizational, and 'dark money' support emanating primarily from US corporate foundations, lubricates the fusion of corporate and radical-right interests nationally, transnationally, and globally. This volume gathers contributions from eight leading academic authors and provides a detailed examination of the fusion of mutual interests between, on the one hand, powerful corporate leaders, executives, and wealthy oligarchs and, on the other, radical-right political leaders, parties and intermediary organizations promoting radical-right causes. The two worlds feed off, enable, and strengthen each other. Of particular relevance to the third decade of the 21st century is an examination of the corporate/radical-right stance on the COVID-19 pandemic and the phenomenon of wild allegations and grand conspiracy theories disseminated by the radical-right against their enemies.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Dedications
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Corporate Authoritarianism, the Radical Right, and Risk
• Part 1: The Authoritarian Nature of the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis
• Chapter 1: Corporate and Radical-Right Authoritarianism: A Fusion of Mutual Interests and Dark Money
• Chapter 2: Zombieland Revisited Part 1: Genesis of Social and Psychological Aspects of the Absurd, State and Corporate Authoritarianism
• Chapter 3: Zombieland Revisited Part 2: Pathological Corruption of Democracy
• Chapter 4: Positive versus Toxic Leadership in the Corporate and Political Spheres
• Part 2: Perspectives on the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis
• Chapter 5: Corporate Authoritarianism and Its Abusive Impacts in Democratic Societies
• Chapter 6: Covid-19 and US Politicisation of Fear
• Chapter 7: Suppressing the ‘Seeker of Truth’ in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Medical Populism, Radical Uncertainty, and the Assault on Expertise
• Chapter 8: Lockdowns, Riots, and a Contested Election‒Could the 2020 Crises Reinvigorate the US Far Right?
• Chapter 9: Radical-Right Conspiracy Theories and Corporate Collusion
• PART 3: CONCLUSION
• Chapter 10: A Risk Analysis and Assessment of the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis
• Chapter 11: A Prognosis for the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis
• Chapter 12: Potential Strategies to Limit the Corporate/Radical-Right Threat
• About the Editor and Authors