No other political party in the history of British fascism has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). It has won increasing success at local elections and it aspires to break through into the national are an of mainstream politics. This throughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP is investigated first. Nigel Copsey then moves on to discuss Nick Griffin's modernisation' strategy, before examining the BNP's rise from obscurity as well as its most recent ballot-box endeavors. The final chapter places the subject in its broader international context. This thought-provoking book serves as a wake-up call for those who take the party's claim to have broken with its fascist past at face value. Book jacket.