1st Edition

Fascist Italy in the Age of Corporatism Searching for a Third Way

By Alessio Gagliardi Copyright 2024
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

The interwar period was marked in Europe by the rediscovery of corporatism as a possible solution to the crucial problems of modern mass society. This was the result of general changes across industrialised countries in the relationship between the state and social groups. In Italy, it took on a uniquely authoritarian shape. Fascist regime became the cradle of a new model of corporatism, a “third... Read more

1. The Crisis of the State, the War, and Its Aftermath 2. Syndicalist Authoritarianism 3. Italy as a Model 4. Trade Unions and Society 5. The Great Depression and the Rise of Corporatism 6. The Second Half of the ‘Corporative Revolution’ (1930-1933) 7. 1934: the Corporations in Action 8. Trade Unions, Workers, and Employers 9. The Last Phase: from International Corporatism to Autarchy

Biography

Alessio Gagliardi is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bologna. His research focuses on Fascism, anti-Fascism, and social movements in contemporary Italy. His previous books include Il ’77 tra storia e memoria (Roma: Manifestolibri, 2017) and L'Europa del Novecento. Una storia (with Francesco Bartolini, Bruno Bonomo and Leonardo Rapone; Roma: Carocci, 2020). He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Italia contemporanea.