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AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM - Coggle Diagram
AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM
In Germany, Italy and the USSR
Authoritarian dictatorship
Factors contributing the rise
WWI established habits of military organisation
War aroused nationalist feeling
Power of the state increased
New parties were formed
Common characteristics of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes
Politics
Government authoritarian dictatorship
Anti-democratic government
Citizens right were limited
Foreign policy
Expansionist foreign policy
Economy
State intervened and controlled the economy
Public works programmes were set up
Society
All the classes were controlled and informed cy the state
The USSR: Stalinism
Stalin founded government after Lenin's death
Characteristics
Politics
All political power was held by Stalin
Approved the constitution of 1936
Maintained the CPSU, as the only political party
Tried to spread communism around the world
Economy
Controlled by the state
Collectivisation of land
Nationalisation of existing industries
Hydraulic works
Society
Social equality
Guaranteeing healthcare, education and housing
Times food shortages
Italian Fascism
Benito Mussolini invented system of authoritarian government in Italy in 1922
Measures of the dictatorship
Politics
1926
All power held by Mussolini
Leader of the only political party
Parliament replaced by the chamber of fascists
Economy
Government intervention in the economy
An autarky (country with self sufficiency in economy) was set up
Arms industry was nationalised
Society
End to the unrest
Removed workers right
Increased birth rate
Nazi Germany
Dictatorship system established by Adolf Hitler in Germany
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSGWP)
Hitler became the head of this party
Used SS to attack the opposition, especially workers parties
Wanted to reject the treaty of Versalles
After winning elections
He established a dictatorship
Adopted measures
Established the third reich
Nazi was the only party
Began an expansionist policy
Great economic development
Unemployemeny fell
Extremely racist towards jews