Corporatism and Authoritarian Institutions in Interwar European Dictatorships

25 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2012 Last revised: 28 Aug 2012

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Antonio Pinto

University of Lisbon, Institute of Social Science

Date Written: August 24, 2012

Abstract

This paper examines the role of corporatism as a political device against liberal democracy that permeated the political right during the first wave of democratisation, and especially as a set of authoritarian institutions that spread across interwar Europe and which was an agent for the hybridisation of the institutions of fascist-era dictatorships. Powerful processes of institutional transfers were a hallmark of interwar dictatorships, and we will argue corporatism was at the forefront of this process of cross-national diffusion, both as a new form of organised interest representation and as an authoritarian alternative to parliamentary democracy. The diffusion of political and social corporatism, which with the single-party are hallmarks of the institutional transfers among European dictatorships, challenges some rigid dichotomous interpretations of interwar fascism.

Keywords: Corporatism, Dictatorships, Authoritarianism, Fascism, Legislatures, organized interests

Suggested Citation

Pinto, Antonio, Corporatism and Authoritarian Institutions in Interwar European Dictatorships (August 24, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2135576 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2135576

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