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Fascism exerted a crucial ideological and political influence across Europe and beyond. Its appeal reached much further than the expanding transnational circle of 'fascists', crossing into the territory of the mainstream, authoritarian, and traditional right. Meanwhile, fascism's seemingly inexorable rise unfolded against the backdrop of a dramatic shift towards dictatorship in large parts of Europe during the 1920s and especially 1930s. These dictatorships shared a growing conviction that 'fascism' was the driving force of a new, post-liberal, fiercely nationalist and anti-communist order. The ten contributions to this volume seek to capture, theoretically and empirically, the complex transnational dynamic between interwar dictatorships. This dynamic, involving diffusion of ideas and practices, cross-fertilisation, and reflexive adaptation, muddied the boundaries between 'fascist' and 'authoritarian' constituencies of the interwar European right.

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'This important and innovative collection brings together the best recent work on the political dynamics of fascist and authoritarian regimes in inter-war Europe, emphasizing the complexity of their political dynamics.' - Martin Conway, University of Oxford, UK 'This is a fine collection. It provides excellent opportunity for judging the grounds - both convergent and particular - from which democracy was assaulted and contained in central and southern Europe between the wars.' - Geoff Eley, University of Michigan, USA

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Goffredo Adinolfi, Lisbon University Institute, Spain Gerhard Botz, University of Vienna, Italy Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, UK Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University, UK Constantin Iordachi, Central European University, Budapest Javier Luque, University of Granada, Spain Miguel Jerez Mir, University of Granada, Spain Mogens Pelt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark David D. Roberts, University of Georgia, USA Jason Wittemberg, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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