Threats to democracy. The radical right in Italy after the war / Franco Ferraresi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferraresi, Franco.

Standardized Title:

Minacce alla democrazia. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--Italy--1945-.

Fascism.

Conservatism--Italy--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

Italy--Politics and government--1945-1976.

Italy.

Movimento sociale italiano.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents the first systematic research by a social scientist on the radical right-wing movements in Italy since 1945. During the heyday of right-wing violence between 1969 and 1980, street aggressions, attacks, and murders were commonplace. These bloody episodes were assumed to be the work of fanatical bands of "political soldiers" and urban warriors loosely controlled by secret services and other covert groups, which used them as part of a "strategy of tension" pursued in domestic and international circles. Franco Ferraresi here acknowledges that these rightist groups were in fact permitted a certain amount of freedom, and even in some cases actually aided, in the hope that revulsion at terrorist tactics would have the effect of mobilizing public opinion in favor of existing political arrangements. However, he also studies the extent to which they operated as autonomous units, while he carefully considers the political heritage, the doctrines, and the ideology that motivated them. With the decline of violent activity on both extremes of the political spectrum in the early 1980's, the theory and practice so comprehensively discussed by Ferraresi seemed to have entered a dormant stage. Ferraresi, however, places in context the recent resurgence of neo-fascist forces in Italy, and of the so-called New Right throughout Europe, together with the rise of fundamentalism in many parts of the world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction. Right, Left, Radical Right

1. Fascist Resurgence and Reorganization, Ca. 1945-1955

2. Ideologies, Myths, Ideologues

3. The "Historic Groups": Origins and Development

4. The Strategy of Tension: Background and Precedents

5. The Strategy of Tension: A Case Study

6. The High Point of the Strategy of Tension: Attempted Coups and Massacres, 1970-1975

7. The Last Phase: "Armed Spontaneity"

8. Conclusion: From "Differentiated Men" to Skinheads?

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-285) and index.

ISBN:

9786612753138

9781400802210

1400802210

9781282753136

1282753134

9781400822119

1400822114

9781400811571

1400811570

OCLC:

700688565