Ebook: Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of Fascism The Corporatist Wave

Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of Fascism focuses on the reverse-
wave of dictatorships that emerged in Latin America during the 1930s
and the transnational dissemination of authoritarian institutions in the
era of fascism.
António Costa Pinto revisits the study of authoritarian alternatives
to liberal democracy in 1930s Latin America from the perspective of
the diffusion of corporatism in the world of inter-war dictatorships.
The book explores what drove the horizontal spread of corporatism
in Latin America, the processes and direction of transnational diffu-
sion, and how social and political corporatism became a central set of
new institutions utilized by dictatorships during this era. These issues
are studied through a transnational and comparative research design
to reveal the extent of Latin America’s participation during the cor-
poratist wave which by 1942 had significantly reduced the number of
democratic regimes in the world.
This book is essential reading for students studying Latin American
history, 1930s dictatorships and authoritarianism, and the spread of
corporatism.