Hispanic Technocracy - From Fascism to Catholic Authoritarianism in Spain, Argentina,

This book explores how the Cold War Latin American right sought to rescue the essence of Europe's fascist ideology after 1945 by reformulating it into novel authoritarian state models. It will interest students and scholars of Latin American history, political science, economics, sociology, and anthropology.

List of contents

Introduction: turning fascism into authoritarian technocracy; 1. In defense of 'Hispanidad: confirming the mythological foundations for Hispanic technocracy (1945-1959); 2. Technocratic Spain: the opus dei and the making of the 'second Francoist era' (1957-1969); 3. Juan Carlos Onganía's 'Argentine Revolution': Hispanic technocracy to surpass post-fascist populism (1956-1970); 4. Augusto Pinochet dictatorship: Chile's neoliberal variant of Hispanic technocracy (1964-1977); 5. Democracies of the third wave: Hispanic technocracy's decline as a state model (1973-1988); Conclusion: towards a theory of Hispanic technocracy; Notes; Works Consulted; Index.

About the author

Daniel Gunnar Kressel is a research fellow at the Koch History Centre at the University of Oxford, and specializes in the history of transnational right-wing ideologies and networks in Latin America, Spain, and Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Gunnar Kressel, Daniel Gunnar (Hebrew University of Jerus Kressel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009603041
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0960304-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Latin America / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Far-right political ideologies and movements, History of the Americas