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REASSESSING THE MODELS USED TO EXPLAIN NAZI ELECTORAL SUCCESS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, THE ANALYSIS CONCLUDES THAT THE PROTESTANT PETTY BOURGEOISE IS WRONGLY IDENTIFIED AS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE NAZI VOTE. AND THAT IMPORTANT LEVELS OF SUPPORT CAME FROM PROTESTANT PEASANTS, NEW VOTERS, AND CATHOLIC PETTY BOURGEOISE.

TWO MODELS OF VOTING ARE OFTEN USED TO EXPLAIN THE NAZI VOTE IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. THE FIRST MODEL STATES THAT THE NAZIS' ELECTORAL SUCCESSES RESULTED FROM PROTESTANT PETTY BOURGEOIS AND PEASANT SUPPORT FOR FASCISM. THE SECOND MODEL ARGUES THAT THE NAZIS GAINED THE BULK OF THEIR SUPPORT FROM NEWLY MOBILIZED VOTERS. PREVIOUS ANALYSIS OF THESE MODELS ARE PLAGUED WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS DUE TO THEIR LIMITED DATA BASE. THIS STUDY REASSESSES THESE MODELS WITH THE USE OF AN UNUSUALLY COMPLETE DATA SET FOR ALL OF GERMANY AND CONCLUDES THAT MUCH OF THE PREVIOUS WORK EXAMINING THE NAZI VOTE WRONGLY IDENTIFIES THE PROTESTANT PETTY BOURGEOISIE AS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE NAZI VOTE. THE NAZIS RECEIVED IMPORTANT LEVELS OF SUPPORT FROM PROTESTANT PEASANTS, NEW VOTERS, AND CATHOLIC PETTY BOURGEOISIE.

THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE MOST VIOLENT SUB-GROUP OF A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION NEO-NAZI SKINHEADS. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE GROWTH AND VIOLENT NATURE OF THIS SUBCULTURE IT IS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY ITS MAIN PROPAGANA TOOL CALLED WHITE POWER ROCK AND ROLL. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE CONTEXT OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY AND THE MAIN THEMES FOUND WITHIN WHITE POWER ROCK AND ROLL. IN GENERAL, THIS PROPAGANDA SEEKS TO INCITE VIOLENT ACTIVITY BY ACCENTUATING PERCEIVED THREATS FROM A CONSPIRACY OF ENEMIES. CONTRARY TO SOME PREDICTIONS, SKINHEADS WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN TERMS OF HATE CRIME DUE TO THE STEADY PROLIFERATION OF PRODUCERS OF THIS PROPAGANDA AND PROFITS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS DISTRIBUTION.

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE CHANGES IN GERMAN GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND THE NAZI PERIOD. THE STUDY EXAMINES THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND POLITICS IN THE NAZI PERIOD. THE PAPER IS A STUDY IN POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY BECAUSE IT INVESTIGATES THE POLITICAL DEPENDENCE AND FALSIFICATION OF THE DISCIPLINE OF GEOGRAPHY BY A SPECIFIC GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM. THE STUDY SHOWS THAT GERMAN GEOGRAPHY HAS A SPECIAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER BETWEEN 1933-1945.

OFTEN CONSIDERED TO BE IDENTICAL WITH LEFT RADICALISM IN GERMANY, THE GREENS ARE BUT THE MOST PROMINENT ORGANIZATION TO EMERGE FROM A BROADBASED AND DIVERSE SOCIAL MOVMENT. THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE DIFFERING ORGANIZATIONAL STYLES OF TWO WINGS OF POLITICAL MOVMENT IN GERMANY. IT SEES TWO APPRAOCHES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM AS COMPLIMENTARY--THEY REQUIRE ONE ANOTHER FOR THEIR CONTINUAL ELABORATION AND HISTORICAL RELEVANCE. IT PONDERS HOW UNIVERALISTIC DECENTRALIZED POPULAR MOVEMENTS CAN BE PREVENTED FROM ATTRACTING AND INCORPORATING HATEFUL ELEMENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE DRAWN FROM ETHINIC CHAUVINISM.

GERMAN-SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE RELATIONS ARE EXAMINED FOR NAZI ERA AND WORLD WAR II. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT TRADE WAS THE KEY COMPONENT OF THE NATIONS' RELATIONS, AND SUGGESTS THAT RELATIONS ARE EVEN CLOSER TODAY, CITING THE EXCHANGE OF MILITARY HARDWARE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THIS IS REALISTIC INTERNAT'L POLITICS.