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03 The Crisis Of Democracy And The Rise Of Totalitarianism - Coggle Diagram
03 The Crisis Of Democracy And The Rise Of Totalitarianism
Parliamentary democracies in 1920s
main one
crisis of the capitalist system
Manifested in Europe
by post-war difficulties
Soviet Union not so affected by Great Depression
It had different economic system
Result of Soviet prestige
unemployment and misery
generated by capitalist crisis
Trade unions, communist parties
became stronger
Also great political instability
caused by workers´ demands
wealthy and middle classes were afraid of soviet
started supporting dictatorial models
End of 1930s
dictatorship dominated over democracies
common characteristics in dictatorship:
official state ideology
single mass party
all-embracing state
controlled all facets of citizens´ lives
repression of expression
exaltation of the dictator
system of terror and violence
dictatorship
Great Britain
overcomed its economic problems
In turn
France had to form a leftist unity government
to contain the rise of extreme right