La utopía rural de un régimen autoritario. La política cooperativista durante la dictadura de Metaxas (Grecia, 1936-1940)
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La utopía rural de un régimen autoritario. La política cooperativista durante la dictadura de Metaxas (Grecia, 1936-1940)Author (s)
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2007-08Is part of
Historia agraria: Revista de agricultura e historia rural, nº 42, p. 327-351Publisher
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA)Abstract
General Metaxa's regime, pursuing fascist archetypes in the construction of its image and causing a repercussion of nationalistic principles on the organization of the state, attempted to centralize the agricultural ... [+]
General Metaxa's regime, pursuing fascist archetypes in the construction of its image and causing a repercussion of nationalistic principles on the organization of the state, attempted to centralize the agricultural economy in order to achieve a large-scale protectionism. The main axes of its agricultural policy were the protection of some agricultural products (in particular that of grains), regulation of rural debts and expansion of the Agricultural Bank's net. In spite of the fact that such axes had also been objectives of the previous liberal governments, in the conjuncture of the international economic crisis, Metaxa's dictatorship enveloped ideological principles and «theoretical" interpretations within its paternalistic politics. In fact, this regime attempted to approach the rural population by means of strategies like ceremonies, parades and a strongly populist discourse. [-]