Italy's Corporate State

Question 1

What was corporatism also called?

Answer 1

The Third Way

Question 2

What did Bottai want?

Answer 2

To modernise the state and for fascists to lead

Question 3

What did Faranacci want?

Answer 3

To control workers

Question 4

What did Rossoni want?

Answer 4

Head of TU- worker power

Question 5

What did Mussolini want?

Answer 5

integrate politics and the economy, bring a legacy and end class warfare

Question 6

what did the Labour Charter Act call work?

Answer 6

‘a social duty’

Question 7

what did the Labour Charter Act acknowledge about businesses and production- leading to less gov intervention

Answer 7

Private business is best

Question 8

when did workers receive holiday pay for NATIONAL holidays?

Answer 8

1938

Question 9

when was the Palazzo Chigi Act and what did it state

Answer 9

1923- government would always be the top negotiator and decision maker

Question 10

when was the Vidoni Palace Act

Answer 10

1925

Question 11

when and what did the Rocco laws state?

Answer 11

1926- strikes and lockouts made illegal

Question 12

who agreed against the Rocco Laws?

Answer 12

International Labour Organisation (ILO) but squadristi bullied

Question 13

when was the Ministry of Corporations created

How many syndicates were created?

Answer 13

1926

7-16

Question 14

When was the charter of Labour?

Answer 14

1927

Question 15

As a result of the Charter of Labour, what were dissolved?

Answer 15

The CGL and CIL (socialist and catholic trade unions)

Question 16

When was the Fascist Trade Union told to disband?

Answer 16

1928

Question 17

When was the National Council of Corporations?

Answer 17

1930

Question 18

How many corporations were there in 1934 and what were they preparing for?

Answer 18

22 and WAR

Question 19

When was the Chamber of Fasces created?

Answer 19

1939

Question 20

What had the government become as a result of corporatism?

Answer 20

Slow and inefficient

Question 21

What did Neville Chamberlain say about corporatism?

Answer 21

“Mussolini had solved the crisis of the 20th century”

Question 22

What did Togliatti say?

Answer 22

“Equality is only an illusion”

Question 23

What did Tannenbaum say?

Answer 23

It led to national and party cohesion

Question 24

What did Cassels say?

Answer 24

Like all other economic plans, it was style over substance

Question 25

what did De Grand say?

Answer 25

It was BAD for the economy

Question 26

Where did Clark say Mussolini adopted the Corporate state concept from?

Answer 26

D’Annunzio and Fiume

Question 27

How many were unemployed in 1936- although the true rate is probably 75% higher

Answer 27

700,000

Question 28

What did Pope Pius XI say about the corporate state?

Answer 28

The bureaucratic state was excessive