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Dictatorship revisited: consensus, coercion, and strategies of survival.
- Source :
- Modern Italy; Nov2017, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p435-444, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The article examines certain of the more recent perspectives on twentieth- century dictatorship, looking in particular at the complex relationship between the dictator and the people. Extending its range beyond that of the ‘classic’ totalitarianisms, the paper argues for a more nuanced approach to the question of popular support for or resistance to regimes and suggests that many of the old binaries concerning popular attitudes need to be revised, with a consequent readjustment of the roles often attributed to violence, to ideology and other cultural factors, and to the varied seductive attractions of mass mobilisation. While pointing to the difficulties of reaching any very definite conclusions in an area characterised by ambivalence and ambiguity, the paper attempts to suggest certain variables related to popular behaviour that may have determined the degree to which regimes were able to impose domination. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13532944
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Modern Italy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125928642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2017.39