World of the Right
Radical Conservatism and Global Order

Innovative analysis of the ideologies, strategies and interconnections of the radical Right and its possible consequences for global order.

Rita Abrahamsen (Author), Jean-François Drolet (Author), Michael C. Williams (Author), Srdjan Vucetic (Author), Karin Narita (Author), Alexandra Gheciu (Author)

9781009516082, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 June 2024

220 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.33 kg

'As we witness the sharp tilt to the right in global politics, this book provides an authoritative primer and conceptual toolbox for understanding the emergence of an active socio-political class and its 'transnational revolutionary impulse' to remake the liberal international order.' Somdeep Sen, International Affairs

The contemporary radical Right is not merely a series of nationalist projects but a global phenomenon. This book shows how radical conservative thinkers have developed long-term counter-hegemonic strategies that challenge prevailing social and political orders both nationally and internationally. At the heart of this ideological project is a critique of liberal globalisation that seeks to mobilise transversal alliances against a common enemy: the 'New Class' of global managerial elites who are accused of undermining national sovereignty, traditional values, and cultures. 'World of the Right' argues that while the radical Right is far from a unified political movement, its calls for sovereignty, civilisational orders, and multipolarity enable complex, strategic convergences with illiberal states such as China and Russia, as well as states and people in the Global South. The potential consequences for the future of the liberal world order are profound and wide-ranging.

1. A diverse and global right, 2. The Gramscian right or turning Gramsci on his head
3. Deconstructing the global administrative state
4. The war of position: towards a right common sense
5. The right world.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]