!!!Austrofaschismus

Austro-Fascism, term for the system of government established in 
Austria in 1933/1934, developed and supported by the circles around 
the Heimwehr para-military force and young Christian Socialist 
politicians. Influenced by the Mussolini's fascism in Italy and backed 
by political Catholicism and the theories of O. Spann, Austro-Fascism 
replaced the democratic constitution and parlamentarianism with an 
authoritarian system. The Korneuburger Programm of June 18, 1930 was 
the first document to describe Austro-Fascism, and from March 1933 
until February 1934 Federal Chancellor E. Dollfuss pursued this 
authoritarian course against Social Democrats, completing it with the 
constitution of May 1, 1934. Until 1938 the  Corporate State was 
largely characterised by Austro-Fascism. The term was originally 
coined by its opponents, mainly Social Democrats, but it also found 
its way into academic discourse.

!Further reading
E. Tálos and W. Neugebauer (eds.), 
Austrofaschismus, Beitraege ueber Politik, Oekonomie und Kultur 
1934-38, %%sup 4/%1988; L. O. Meysels, Der Austrofaschismus, 
1992.


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