Authoritarian Regimes in the Long Twentieth Century

Preconditions, Structures, Continuities – Contributions to European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research

Contributions by Nathalie Patricia Soursos Contributions by Katharina Ebner Contributions by Inga Paslaviciute Contributions by Filip Zielinski Contributions by Florian Musil Contributions by Kathrin Raminger Contributions by Maria A. Stassinopoulou Contributions by Linda Erker Contributions by Oliver Jens Schmitt Contributions by Karin Liebhart Contributions by Lucile Dreidemy Contributions by Florian Kührer-Wielach Contributions by Oliver Rathkolb Contributions by Johannes Thaler Contributions by Florian Wenninger Edited by Florian Kührer-Wielach Edited by Oliver Rathkolb

Book cover: Authoritarian Regimes in the Long Twentieth Century

Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2022)

ISBN: 9783847115021

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $57.00

In stock

The contributions of the special issue are devoted to authoritarian regimes of the 20th century in Austria, Belarus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the Soviet Union. Using various methods from the humanities and social sciences, different aspects of mainly “small” dictatorships are examined: conditions of emergence, structures, continuities, as well as preceding and subsequent processes of political and social transformation.


This special issue of the Journal “zeitgeschichte” presents the results of the doctoral theses written within the framework of the Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research (2009-2012) as selected scholarly essays. The contributions are devoted to authoritarian regimes of the 20th century in Austria, Belarus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the Soviet Union. Using various methods from the humanities and social sciences, different aspects of mainly “small” dictatorships are examined: conditions of emergence, structures, continuities, as well as preceding and subsequent processes of political and social transformation.

  • Contributions by Nathalie Patricia Soursos
  • Contributions by Katharina Ebner
  • Contributions by Inga Paslaviciute
  • Contributions by Filip Zielinski
  • Contributions by Florian Musil
  • Contributions by Kathrin Raminger
  • Contributions by Maria A. Stassinopoulou
  • Contributions by Linda Erker
  • Contributions by Oliver Jens Schmitt
  • Contributions by Karin Liebhart
  • Contributions by Lucile Dreidemy
  • Contributions by Florian Kührer-Wielach
  • Contributions by Oliver Rathkolb
  • Contributions by Johannes Thaler
  • Contributions by Florian Wenninger
  • Edited by Florian Kührer-Wielach
  • Edited by Oliver Rathkolb