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

Shanker Satyanath; Nico Voigtländer; Hans-Joachim Voth

doi:10.1086/690949

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

Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer, Hans-Joachim Voth

Journal of Political Economy 125(2), pp. 478-526 (2017)

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Abstract

Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper contributes to a growing literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany.

Keywords: social capital, fascism, Nazi Party, Weimar Germany, civil society
DOI: 10.1086/690949
Canonical: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/bowling-for-fascism.html

Shanker Satyanath, Nico Voigtländer, Hans-Joachim Voth (2017). “Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party.” Journal of Political Economy.