Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies at the University of California

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Our approach is to look at the Right in its diversity. Some movements focus on social or religious issues, some on nationalism or race, sometimes with militaristic tendencies, others on economic doctrines. The most successful right-wing movements manage to assemble coalitions that include elements from more than one of these categories. With the end of the cold war, anti-communism exhausted as a unifying force particular right-wing movements. Pent-up for decades, particular right-wing movements now spun on to the political stage with renewed energy and sometimes remarkable political appeal. In a few cases, these groups have managed to find a basis for alliance and have come to power. Others have created chaotic international hot spots. In this country a populist movement has come into being since the Obama election espousing fierce antipathy toward American liberalism in the name of "traditional American values" while claiming as well dissatisfaction with the direction of the Republican Party