Book contents
- Assault on Democracy
- Assault on Democracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index
8 - Conservative–Fascist Relations and the Autocratic Reverse Wave
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
- Assault on Democracy
- Assault on Democracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 examines the main pathways toward autocratic imposition through a series of country cases, especially in-depth investigations of the tension-filled relationship between conservative establishment sectors and rising fascist movements. In Spain, Brazil, and Portugal, conservative elites commanded clear predominance and used fascist movements as mere auxiliaries for installing elitist authoritarianism. In Austria, Estonia, and Romania, by contrast, fascist movements achieved a striking upsurge. Deeply scared, conservative establishment sectors prevented fascist power seizures through authoritarian self-coups and then repressed the extreme-right upstarts, sometimes brutally. Similarly, authoritarian stalwarts in Hungary obstructed a regime insider’s efforts to push toward full-scale fascism.
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- Assault on DemocracyCommunism, Fascism, and Authoritarianism During the Interwar Years, pp. 228 - 290Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021