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Post-WWI military disarmament and interwar fascism in Sweden

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  • Heléne Berg
  • Matz Dahlberg
  • Kåre Vernby

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The emergence of anti-democratic movements is a central puzzle to social science. We study a novel and rich historical dataset covering Swedish municipalities during the interwar years and find a strong link between the presence of a military garrison and the emergence of fascist parties. We interpret these results as suggesting that fascist mobilization in Sweden was driven by discontent with the process of disarmament brought about by democratization. In contrast, poor economic conditions, as captured both by levels of and changes in the local poverty rate and tax base, do not explain the strong link between the fascists and military garrisons. We relate these results to influential theories of democratization.

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  • Heléne Berg & Matz Dahlberg & Kåre Vernby, 2019. "Post-WWI military disarmament and interwar fascism in Sweden," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(1), pages 37-56, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vhimxx:v:52:y:2019:i:1:p:37-56
    DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2018.1554462
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