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Among others, a special issue of Civiltà Fascista – an important monthly review published by the National Institute of Fascist Culture (Istituto Nazionale di Cultura )DVFLVWD ±JORUL¿HGWKH/DERXU&KDUWHUDVWKHXQLYHUVDOPDQLIHVWRRIFRUSRUDWLVP The aim was not to emphasize the role of the Charter in the construction of the Italian corporatist state, but its importance in the history of modern political WKRXJKWDQGHVSHFLDOO\LWVLQÀXHQFHDEURDGRQWKHLQVWLWXWLRQDOV\VWHPVRIVHYHUDO QDWLRQV,QSDUWLFXODUDQDUWLFOHE\$QVHOPR$QVHOPL±DQRI¿FLDORIWKH,WDOLDQ Ministry of Corporations – took stock of the general situation, arguing that fascist corporatism had affected both dictatorial regimes (such as Portugal, Austria and Germany), democratic reformist plans (such as the New Deal in the United States) and left- wing governments (such as the Popular Front in France).1 Furthermore, FRUUHVSRQGHQWV IURP DOO RYHU WKH ZRUOG GHVFULEHG WKH LQÀXHQFH RI WKH /DERXU Charter in other countries, such as Spain, Romania, Hungary, Switzerland and even Japan.2 Altogether, thanks to its corporatist policy, Fascist Italy appeared as an ideological lighthouse during the hard times of the Great Depression. The propagandistic purpose of this fascist message is quite clear. At the same time it is equally clear that from the late 1920s the corporatist policy of Mussolini’s regime and the Labour Charter resonated considerably around the world. Nevertheless, this transnational spread of fascist corporatism has received little attention in scholarship. Many treatises were published in the inter- war years that analysed, by means of a comparative approach, the simil- 3 Downloaded by [New York University] at 21:10 27 March 2017 arities and differences between the various corporatist policies of that period. +RZHYHUWKHUHDUHYHU\IHZKLVWRULFDOVWXGLHVWKDWIRFXVRQWKHLQÀXHQFHWKH fascist model had on the development of such political experiences.4 This is VSHFL¿FDOO\WKHWRSLFRIWKLVFKDSWHULQZKLFKZHDLPWRWUDFHWKHFLUFXODWLRQ of the fascist corporatist model, and in particular of the Labour Charter, as a ‘travelling theory’ in the political culture of inter-war Europe.5 In other words, WKH VXEMHFW LV WKH SHUFHSWLRQ WKH DWWUDFWLRQ DQG WKH LQÀXHQFH RI IDVFLVW FRU- poratism abroad. The purpose is to highlight its importance both to fascist sup- porters and to certain dictatorial experiments marked by a process of hybridization between authoritarianism and fascism.6 The Fascist Labour Charter 61 Indeed, corporatism – meant as both an ideological discourse and a set of concrete policies – provided legitimacy to the fascist option. Therefore, focusing on the transnational spread of the Italian corporatist model is important in order WR UHYLVLW WKH KLVWRU\ RI )DVFLVP DQG LWV VLJQL¿FDQFH LQ WKDW HSRFK ,WV VSUHDG UHYHDOHGWKHLQÀXHQFHRI0XVVROLQL¶VUHJLPHRQWKHLGHRORJLFDOGHEDWHDVZHOO as on socio- economic policies and institutional reforms carried out in other coun- tries. In short, during the inter- war period, fascist corporatism played a ‘politi- cally decisive’ role in Europe and beyond.7 By crossing borders, connecting LQWHOOHFWXDOFLUFOHVDQGFRQWDPLQDWLQJLGHRORJLFDOFXUUHQWVLWLQÀXHQFHGWKHHYR- lution of political thought and policy-making
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