Jonathan Dunnage

The Italian Police and the Rise of Fascism (eBook, PDF)

A Case Study of the Province of Bologna, 1897-1925

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Based on original research using official documents, this illuminating account of the role of the police in the rise to power of Mussolini reveals the internal workings of the Italian Liberal policing system, the tensions between its different branches, and problems related to the shifting demands of its wheeler-dealer political masters. Explanations of the support that the Italian police gave to the fascist movement are to be found not only in the profound social, economic, and political transformations characterizing the years immediately following the First World War, but also in Italy's post-unification administrative system. Police support for the Fascists was often morally, if not physically, coerced by the Fascists themselves, while administrative ambiguities and weaknesses hampered any police attempts to repress the movement. The rise of fascism and its support from the police was the logical end result of a tradition of private solutions to problems of law and order. To illustrate this, the book examines the policing of the socialist movement between 1897 and 1918 before analyzing in detail the relationship between the police and the facist movement after the First World War, with a view to comparing behavioral trends emerging during both periods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313370373
• Artikelnr.: 37843921

Autorenporträt

JONATHAN DUNNAGE lectures in Italian Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea. He has written several articles and contributions to edited books on the policing of politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction An Introduction to Italian Police History
1800-1898 Policing the Socialist Movement: The Province of Bologna
1897-1900 Giolittian Policing Strategies in Bologna
1901-1913 The First World War and the Policing of Bologna's Socialist Movement
1914-1918 Between Revolution and Counterreaction: Policing Bologna
1918-1920 The Police and the Rise of Bolognese Fascism
1921-1922 The Policing of Politics and the Fascist Government
1923-1925 Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography Index