Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
No 2016:16: Post-WWI Military Disarmament and Interwar Fascism: Evidence from Sweden
Heléne Berg (), Matz Dahlberg () and Kåre Vernby ()
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Heléne Berg: Department of Economics, Stockholm University
Matz Dahlberg: IBF and Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Postal: P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Kåre Vernby: Department of Political Science, Stockholm University; Department of Government, Uppsala University
Abstract: The emergence of anti-democratic movements is a central puzzle to social science. We study a novel and rich dataset covering Swedish municipalities during the interwar years and nd 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. By contrast, economic hard times, as captured by local poverty and the size of the tax base, seem to have little connection with such parties. We relate these results to in influential theories of democratization.
Keywords: Democracy; Interwar fascism; Disarmament
JEL-codes: N44
40 pages, December 27, 2016
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