An authoritarian third way in the era of fascism: diffusion, models and interactions in Europe and Latin America

The Diffusion of Authoritarian Models in the Era of Fascism: An Introduction / António Costa Pinto -- Looking for a Third Way: Salazar's Dictatorship and the Diffusion of Authoritarian Models in the Era of Fascism -- The Multifaceted Appeal of the Portuguese New State: Foreign Book Donors in Salazar's Library -- 'Salazar's Splendid Dictatorship': Selling Authoritarian Ideas in Democratic Denmark -- Portuguese Salazarism as an Example for a Third Way 'Renewal' in the Netherlands, 1933-1946 -- Unlikely Mediterranean Authoritarian Crossings: Salazar's Portugal as Model for the 4th of August Dictatorship in Greece (1936-40) -- Vichy and the Salazarist Model -- Dimitrije Ljotić and Zbor's Corporatist Project for Interwar Yugoslavia -- Corporatist Models in the Ideology of the Czechoslovak National Fascist Community -- The Three Faces of Croatian Corporatism, 1941-1945 -- The Andes Encounters the Iberian Dictatorships: Perceptions of Salazarism and Francoism in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia (1930-1950) -- Selective Appropriations of Iberian Dictatorships and the Radical Right in 1930s Argentina and Chile -- Intellectual Debates about Catholic Corporatism in 1930s Brazil.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- The diffusion of authoritarian models in the era of fascism. An introduction -- The book -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Looking for a third way: Salazar's dictatorship and the diffusion of authoritarian models in the era of fascism -- Authoritarian models and the diffusion of corporatism in the era of fascism -- Salazarism and the authoritarian third way of corporatism -- Patterns of diffusion (1): the Catholic route -- Salazar's authoritarian corporatism in Europe -- The fate of Salazarism in Latin America: the Iberian connection -- Patterns of diffusion (II): authoritarian alternatives to liberal democracy in Europe -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The multifaceted appeal of the Portuguese new state: Foreign book donors in Salazar's library -- Introduction -- Eugenicists -- Catholics -- Ecclesiastical figures -- Lay militants -- Proponents of transnational alliances -- Women writers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: 'Salazar's splendid dictatorship': Selling authoritarian ideas in democratic Denmark -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Portuguese Salazarism as an example for a third way 'renewal' in the Netherlands, 1933-1946 -- Introduction -- Striving for a national 'renewal' -- The reactions to Salazar's Estado Novo -- Brongersma's propaganda for the Salazar system -- Contact and impact -- The image of the Salazar system after the Second World War -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Unlikely Mediterranean authoritarian crossings: Salazar's Portugal as model for the 4th of August dictatorship in Greece (1936-1940) -- An unlikely interaction? -- Metaxas: how to interpret his ideological and political elasticity -- The Portuguese connection -- International prototypes versus national distinctiveness -- Conclusions.

This book takes a transnational and comparative approach that analyses the process of diffusion of a third way in selected transitions to authoritarianism in Europe and Latin America. When looking at the authoritarian wave of the 1930s, it is not difficult to see how some regimes appeared to offer an authoritarian third way somewhere between democracy and fascism. It is in this context that some Iberian dictatorships, such as those of Primo de Rivera in Spain, Salazar's New State in Portugal and the short-lived Dollfuss regime in Austria are mentioned frequently. Especially during the 1930s, and in those parts of Europe under Axis control, these models were discussed and often adopted by several dictatorships. This book considers how and why these dictatorships on the periphery of Europe, especially Salazar's New State in Portugal, inspired some of these regimes' new political institutions particularly within Europe and Latin America. It pays special attention to how, as they proposed and pursued these authoritarian reforms, these domestic political actors also looked at these institutional models as suitable for their own countries. The volume is ideal for students and scholars of comparative fascism, authoritarian regimes, and European and Latin American modern history and politics.