From Fascism to National Populism (from 1945)
Code: 106191 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OB | 2 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Steven Forti
- Email:
- steven.forti@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- english (eng)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
Have not been established, but: most of the subjects are taught in English. A B2 level of English of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is required, although no specific test of English proficiency level is held to access the degree.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The educational objectives of this subject are to learn about and analyse the history of the extreme right and national populism between 1945 and the present day. The subject examined in this course focuses on the political ideology, cultural approach, strategy and organisation of neo-fascist, far right and national-populist movements, parties and governments after the end of the Second World War in the Western world.
The course aims to get students used to argue professionally, as historians. At the end of the course, students should have sufficient knowledge of the specificity of this phenomenon, as well as its phases, periods and actors on a global scale.
Competences
- Distinguish between and analyse the type of relations that have been established over the last century among the different social, political and economic agents on national, regional and international frameworks.
- Explain and summarise knowledge acquired in English language at an advanced level.
- Recognise the basic foundations of economic analysis from both a microeconomic and macroeconomic perspective.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Work cooperatively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams implementing new projects.
Learning Outcomes
- Appropriately identifying and using information sources for the historical research, specially about contemporary political regimes.
- Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
- Deal sensitively with social questions
- Developing the ability of historical analysis and synthesis.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the social, economic and political structures of the contemporary world.
- Interpret the motivations, instruments and effects of public intervention in the labour market.
- Manage and apply data to solve problems.
- Organising and planning the search of historical information.
- Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
- Properly using the specific vocabulary of History.
- Recognising diversity and multiculturalism.
- Recognising the historical processes that led to the contemporary society.
- Relating elements and factors involved in the development of historical processes.
- Solving problems autonomously.
- Using computing resources of the area of study of history.
- Using the specific work methods of Contemporary History.
- Work in teams respecting all points of view. Use the specific vocabulary of history correctly.
Content
1. Introduction: What is Fascism? What is Populism?
2. Rising from the Ashes: Neo-fascism in Cold War Europe
3. The ideological aggiornamento: Thiriart, De Benoist and the Nouvelle Droite
4. Populism in the second half of the 20th century: from Perón to Berlusconi
5. The Far Right in the post-Cold War era: National-populism and the Extreme Right 2.0
Methodology
- Lectures
- Attendance to guided seminars and mentoring sessions
- Reading comprehension of academic texts
- Learning of information search strategies
- Debates and discussions
- Writing reviews, papers and analytical comments
- Oral presentations
- Individual study
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Attendance to guided seminars and mentoring sessions | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 8, 14, 15, 19, 12, 18 |
| Debates and discussions | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 8, 10, 5, 14, 13, 15, 3, 19, 12, 18, 17 |
| Lectures | 45 | 1.8 | 7, 14, 13, 15, 18 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Oral presentation | 5 | 0.2 | 16, 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 8, 10, 5, 11, 14, 13, 15, 3, 19, 12, 18 |
| Writing reviews, papers and analytical commentaries | 30 | 1.2 | 16, 2, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 13, 15, 3, 19, 12, 18, 17 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Individual study | 27 | 1.08 | 16, 4, 1, 7, 6, 10, 14, 15, 12, 18, 17 |
Assessment
The evaluation is continuous. Students must demonstrate their progress by completing activities and exams. The deadlines for these evaluation activities will be indicated in the calendar on the first day of class. All activities will have a deadline that must be strictly adhered to, according to the subject calendar.
The weighting of the different evaluation elements will be as follows:
- Writing exam (50%)
- Writing papers (35%)
- Oral presentations and discussion seminars (15%)
Related matters
The information about the evaluation, the type of evaluation activity and its weight on the subject is for information purposes only. The faculty responsible for the course will specify it at the beginning of the course.
Assessment activities review
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Recovery
Those students who have submitted activities whose weight is equivalent to 66.6% (two thirds) or more of the final grade and who have obtained a weighted grade of 3.5 or more will have access to the recovery.
The student will only take the activities or tests not submitted or failed. In no case may a grade be made up by means of a final test equivalent to 100% of the grade.
At the time of giving the final grade prior to the final grade of the course, the teacher will communicate in writing the recovery procedure. The teacher may propose a recovery activity for each failed or not presented activity or may group several activities.
Consideration of “not evaluable”
Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
Irregularities in the evaluation activities
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Evaluation activities in which irregularities have occurred (such as plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from the recovery. It is considered as "copy" a work that reproduces all or most of the work of another student, and as "plagiarism" the fact of presenting part or all of an author's text as one's own, that is, without citing the sources, whether published on paper or in digital form. In the case of copying between two students, if it is not possible to know who has copied whom, the sanction will be applied to both.
More information: https://www.uab.cat/web/studies/undergraduate/academic-information/evaluation/what-is-it-about-1345670077352.html
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentations and discussion seminars | 15% | 8 | 0.32 | 16, 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 10, 5, 11, 14, 13, 15, 3, 19, 12, 18, 17 |
| Writing exam | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 16, 2, 4, 9, 7, 6, 14, 13, 15, 3, 12, 18 |
| Writing papers | 35% | 22 | 0.88 | 16, 2, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 8, 11, 14, 13, 15, 3, 19, 12, 18 |
Bibliography
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CANOVAN, Margaret (1981), Populism, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
CASALS, Xavier (1998), La tentación neofascista en España, Barcelona: Plaza & Janés.
EATWELL, Roger & GOODWIN, Matthew (2018), National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy. London: Pelican.
FINCHELSTEIN, Federico (2017), From Fascism to Populism in History, Oakland: University of California Press.
FORTI, Steven (2021), Extrema derecha 2.0. Qué es y cómo combatirla, Madrid: Siglo XXI de España.
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GALLEGO, Ferran (2007), Neofascistas. Democracia y extrema derecha en Francia e Italia, Barcelona:DeBolsillo.
GRIFFIN, Roger (2020), Fascism: A Quick Immersion, New York: Tibidabo Publishing.
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MUDDE, Cas & ROVIRA KALTWASSER,Cristóbal (2017), Populism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
MÜLLER, Jan-Werner (2017), What is Populism?, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
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NORRIS, Pippa & INGLEHART, Ronald (2019), Cultural Backlash. Trump, Brexit and Autoritharian Populism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
PALLAVER, Günther; GEHLER, Michael & CAU, Maurizio (Eds.) (2018), Populism, Populists, and the Crisis of Political Parties. A comparison of Italy, Austria, and Germany 1990-2015,Bolonia-Berlin: Il Mulino-Duncker & Humbolt.
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PEREYRA DOVAL, Gisela & SOUROUJON, Gastón (2021), Global Resurgence of the Right. Conceptual and Regional Perspectives, London: Routledge.
ROVIRA KALTWASSER, Cristóbal; TAGGART, Paul; OCHOA ESPEJO, Paulina & OSTIGUY, Pierre (Eds.) (2019), The Oxford Handbook of Populism, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
RYDGREN, Jens (Ed.) (2018), The Oxford Handbook of Radical Right, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
SEDGWICK, Mark (Ed.) (2019), Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
VEIGA, Francisco; GONZÁLEZ-VILLA, Carlos; FORTI, Steven et alii (2019), Patriotas indignados. Sobre la nueva ultraderecha en la Posguerra Fría. Neofascismo, posfascismo y nazbols, Madrid: Alianza.
Software
No specific programme is needed to follow and pass the subject, beyond the knowledge of the Moodle tool.