Assault on Democracy: Communism, Fascism, and Authoritarianism During the Interwar Years

ISBN-13: 9781108948043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 360 str.

Kurt Weyland

Opis

Why did democratization suffer reversal during the interwar years, while fascism and authoritarianism spread across many European countries?

Recenzje

'… unique and interesting. The scope and ambition of this book are impressive …' Jeffrey Kopstein, Political Science Quarterly

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Theory: the double deterrent effect and the bounds of rationality; 3. The soviet precedent and the wave of isomorphic emulation efforts; 4. The suppression of isomorphic emulation efforts and its limited regime effects; 5. Persistence of the communist threat and rising appeal of fascism; 6. The German exception: emulating full-scale fascism; 7. The spread of fascist movements – yet of authoritarian regimes; 8. Conservative-fascist relations and the autocratic reverse wave; 9. The edges of the autocratic wave: battered democracy and populist authoritarianism; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.