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The Fascist Ruling Class. A Geography of Power between Centre and Periphery
2022
How did the fascist ruling class consolidate? From which parts of the country did the new notables of the regime come? What was their geographical, age and cultural background? The essay aims to answer these questions by analysing in particular the list of general secretaries of the National Fascist Party, the federal secretaries of the provinces and the prefects,
La seduzione squadrista in un fascismo periferico. Memoria e ceto politico a Palermo
2019
During Mussolini's dictatorship, the concept of squadrismo was an essential aspect of the Fascist identity. Squadrismo was widespread in Central and Northern Italy in particular, and certain cities in the South subsequently resorted to fabricating their own squadrist myths and traditions. This essay focuses on the case of Palermo. The relationship between the fascist squads' origins and certain local leaders' life histories is underlined. More specifically, an attempt is made to show how Palermo had more "political" prefects than many other Italian provinces. As Fascism emerged later in the South than elsewhere in Italy, the local party hierarchies had not taken part in the original Fascist…