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Authoritarian and totalitarism - Coggle Diagram
Authoritarian and totalitarism
Factors
Habits of military organisation (Command and comradeship),many soldiers found it difficult to adapt to civilian life
Nationalist feeling: defending the nation.
Was reinforced by the economic crises of 1929 and protectionist policies.
Power of the state increased with the state intervention in economy and society. Never happened before liberal democratic system
New parties were formed by the working masses, who were discontent:
Unemployment
low wages
land distribution
Regime
"' Politics: the government was a authoritarian dictatorship. The leader had absolute power and a political party supported him. It was an anti-democratic government no political parties, trade unions or freedom,
"Foreign policy: these regimes pursued an expansionist foreign policy to gain new territories and new markets and raw materials.
Economy: the state controlled the economy. Companies were nationalised. Public works programmes were set up to reduce unemployment and imports were minimalised to benefit national production.
Society: almost all the classes of society supported the regime because they were controlled and informed by the state and they believed that this system provided a solution to their problems
Methods to safeguard their power
PROPAGANDA
(Press, radio, posters) by the state and used to promote its ideology and censure opposition
CULTURE
(education, literature, art,theatre and cinema) controlled by the state, the aim was to instil a code of behaviour according to the political party
POLICY OF REPRESSION
Secret police and civil servants belonging to the party to find people who opposed the system
VIOLENCE
Was used by the army and paramilitary groups such as the Fasci in Italy and the SS in Germany, to control anyone who opposed the state´s ideology.