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- Title
Why fascists took over the Reichstag but have not captured the Kremlin: a comparison of Weimar Germany and post-Soviet Russia.
- Authors
Kailitz, Steffen; Umland, Andreas
- Abstract
Like Weimar Germany, contemporary Russia is home to fascist actors and widespread nationalism. But unlike interwar Germany, the party system in post-Soviet Russia is heavily manipulated and civil society remains underdeveloped. This means that fascists have not had a chance to use elections or to penetrate civil society in order to build up political support. The continuing presence of a resolutely authoritarian, yet non-fascist “national leader” (Vladimir Putin) keeps the country from becoming a liberal democracy but it also, for now, makes it less likely that the regime will become fascist.
- Subjects
FASCISM; WEIMAR government, 1918-1933; AUTHORITARIANISM; RUSSIAN politics &; government, 1991-; REICHSTAGSGEBAUDE (Berlin, Germany)
- Publication
Nationalities Papers, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 2, p206
- ISSN
0090-5992
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00905992.2016.1258049