The Fascist party and popular opinion in Mussolini's Italy / Paul Corner
I. The project, the party, and the fascist state -- 1. Postwar palingenesis : forming the fascist project -- 2. The rise of provincial fascism : periphery and centre in the years before 1925. Centrifugal forces ; Towards centralization? ; The Ras and revisionism ; Provincial power and personal posit...
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| Main Authors: | Corner, Paul (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012 |
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| Online Access: | Book review (H-Net) Inhaltsverzeichnis Rezension Inhaltsbeschreibung Introduction |
| Table of Contents |
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| I. The project, the party, and the fascist state |
| 1. Postwar palingenesis : forming the fascist project |
| 2. The rise of provincial fascism : periphery and centre in the years before 1925. Centrifugal forces ; Towards centralization? ; The Ras and revisionism ; Provincial power and personal position |
| 3. Stabilization in the provinces : the party adapts. The problem of the intransigents ; Stabilization : act one. Farinacci as party secretary ; Stabilisation : act two. Turati takes over ; The view from the ranks |
| 4. Party and state. Party and state : hierarchies of authority ; Party and state : hierarchies contested ; Poor personnel |
| 5. Provincial battles : problems in the party. Infighting and factionalism ; The response of the party ; Provincial factionalism in action ; Pure, undiluted cannibalism ; PNF and NSDAP compared |
| 6. The provincial party : activity and reputation. Boundless numbers, endless activity ; Dislocation and paralysis ; Loss of reputation ; Party and personnel ; Beyond the party |
| II. The party and the people in the 1930s |
| 7. Growing disjunctions : PNF rule and popular reaction. Sources, spies, and surveillance ; Party and people : growing apart ; Ethiopia and enthusiasm |
| 8. Perceptions of the party. Discontent, disaffection, disgust ; A second generation? ; Friction among the faithful |
| 9. The crisis of the late 1930s and the 'totalitarian phase' of fascism. Popular unrest in the pre-war years ; The 'new caste' ; The prospect of war |
| 10. The flight from the enchanter. Love the singer, hate the song ; Non-belligerence 1939-1940 ; Into the war |
| 11. The failure of the party. |
