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Fascism displays an ambivalent stance towards parliamentary democracy. Explain.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • Political Ideologies

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Fascism denounced parliament as a talking shop yet reached power through it. The ambivalence is not mere hypocrisy; it has a structure. Fascism was hostile in doctrine to parliamentary institutions, instrumental in practice towards constitutional procedure, and committed to a plebiscitary claim that it alone embodied the people.

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  • Hostile in Doctrine
  • Instrumental in Practice
  • A Rival Claim to Democracy
  • The Contemporary Debate
  • Conclusion
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