Corporatism and Fascism: The Corporatist Wave in Europe

Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right

by António Costa Pinto (Editor)

This book is the first conceptual and comparative empirical work on the relation between corporatism and dictatorships, bringing both fields under a joint conceptual umbrella. It operationalizes the concepts of social and political corporatism, diffusion and critical junctures and their particular application to the study of Fascist-Era dictatorships. The book’s carefully constructed balance between theory and case studies offers an important contribution to the study of dictatorships and corporatism. Through the development of specific indicators in ‘critical junctures’ of regime change and institutionalization, as well as qualitative data based on different sources such as party manifestos, constitutions and constitutional reforms, expert commissions and the legislation that introduces corporatism, this book traces transnational sources of inspiration in different national contexts. By bringing together a number of both established and new voices from across the field, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of fascism, dictatorship and modern European politics.

Genres: Politics

312 pages, Hardcover

Published February 9, 2017

About the author

ANTÓNIO COSTA PINTO nasceu em Lisboa, a 17 de Setembro de 1953. Doutorado pelo Instituto Universitário Europeu (1992, Florença) e Agregado pelo ISCTE (1999), é presentemente Investigador no Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa e Professor Convidado no ISCTE, Lisboa. Foi Professor Convidado na Universidade de Stanford (1993) e Georgetown (2004), e Investigador Visitante na Universidade de Princeton (1996) e na Universidade da Califórnia- Berkeley (2000). Entre 1999 e 2003 foi regularmente Professor Convidado no Institut D'Études Politiques de Paris. Foi Sub-Director do Contemporary Portuguese History Resource Centre (CPHRC) e Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política. As suas obras têm incidido sobretudo sobre o autoritarismo e fascismo, as transições democráticas e as elites políticas, em Portugal e na Europa.