Selbstorganisation und Zivilgesellschaft. Soziale Assoziationen und politische Mobilisierung in der deutschen und italienischen Zwischenkriegszeit

Reichardt, Sven

doi:10.1007/978-3-322-80962-9_11

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“…In the Catholic Rhineland, all ranks of societies often joined Carnival associations, organizing revelry during the annual "silly season." While some organizations were explicitly Catholic or Protestant, almost every town and city also had a large number of non-denominational associations (Reichardt 2004). Associations reflected the views and biases of German civic society in general; where politics were not deliberately kept out of the club, there was a society for every political grouping.…”

Section: Associations In Germany After 1815 and The Source Of Identifmentioning

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Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Satyanath

Voigtländer

Voth

2017

Journal of Political Economy

218

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Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper connects a growing literature on the "dark side" of social capital with institutional change. We examine the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. Using new data on Nazi Party entry in a cross-section of cities, we show that dense networks of civic associations such as bowling clubs, choirs, and animal breeders went hand-in-hand with a more rapid rise of the Nazi Party. Towns with one standard deviation higher association density saw at least one-third faster entry. All types of associations -veteran associations and non-military clubs, "bridging" and "bonding" associations -positively predict NS Party entry. Party membership, in turn, predicts electoral success. These results suggest that social capital aided the rise of the Nazi movement that ultimately destroyed Germany's first democracy. We also show that the effects of social capital were more important in the starting phase of the Nazi movement, and in towns less sympathetic to its message.

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Section: Associations In Germany After 1815 and The Source Of Identifmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Satyanath

Voigtländer

Voth

2017

Journal of Political Economy

218

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“…In the Catholic Rhineland, all ranks of societies often joined Carnival associations, tasked with organizing revelries during the "silly season". While many organizations were explicitly Catholic or Protestant, almost every town and city also had a large number of non-denominational associations (Reichardt 2004). Associations reflected the views and biases of German civic society in general; where politics were not deliberately kept out of the club, there was a society for every political grouping.…”

Section: Associations In Germany After 1815mentioning

confidence: 99%

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33

2013

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Social capital -a dense network of associations facilitating cooperation within a community -typically leads to positive political and economic outcomes, as demonstrated by a large literature following Putnam. A growing literature emphasizes the potentially "dark side" of social capital. This paper examines the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany by analyzing Nazi party entry rates in a cross-section of towns and cities. Before the Nazi Party's triumphs at the ballot box, it built an extensive organizational structure, becoming a mass movement with nearly a million members by early 1933. We show that dense networks of civic associations such as bowling clubs, animal breeder associations, or choirs facilitated the rise of the Nazi Party. The effects are large: Towns with one standard deviation higher association density saw at least one-third faster growth in the strength of the Nazi Party. IV results based on 19 th century measures of social capital reinforce our conclusions. In addition, all types of associations -veteran associations and non-military clubs, "bridging" and "bonding" associations -positively predict NS party entry. These results suggest that social capital in Weimar Germany aided the rise of the Nazi movement that ultimately destroyed Germany's first democracy.2

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Marxism and Social Movements: A Forgotten History?

Berger

Cornelißen

2019

Marxist Historical Cultures and Social Movements During the Cold War

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Selbstorganisation und Zivilgesellschaft. Soziale Assoziationen und politische Mobilisierung in der deutschen und italienischen Zwischenkriegszeit

Cited by 20 publications

References 11 publications

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33

Marxism and Social Movements: A Forgotten History?

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