Rethinking the Nature of Fascism: Comparative Perspectives

List of Illustrations Foreword; S.G.Payne Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Fascism and the other '-isms'; A.Costa Pinto PART I: FASCISM AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Decomposition and Recomposition of Theories: How to Arrive at Useful Ideas Explaining Fascism; S.U.Larsen Desperately Seeking a 'Generic Fascism': Some Discordant Thoughts on the Academic Recycling of Indigenous Categories; M.Dobry Fascism and Culture: A Mosse-Centric Meta-Narrative of how Fascist Studies Reinvented the Wheel; R.Griffin PART II: NEW APPROACHES Theories of Fascism: A Critique from the Perspective of Women's and Gender History; K.Passmore Fascism and Religion; J.Pollard Ideology, Propaganda, Violence and the Rise of Fascism; R.Eatwell Political Violence and Institutional Crisis in Interwar Southern Europe; G.Albanese Ruling Elites, Political Institutions and Decision-Making in Fascist-Era Dictatorships: Comparative Perspectives; A.Costa Pinto Fascism, 'Licence' and Genocide: from the Chimera of Rebirth to the Authorization of Mass Murder; A.Kallis Concluding Remarks; A.Lyttelton Index