Beer Hall Putsch
One century ago, on November 9th 1923, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), attempted to take over power in Germany when he initiated a coup d’etat against the central government. Following Mussolini’s example, Hitler attempted to march on Berlin from Munich, the capital of secessionist Bavaria. Trying to exploit […]
DANGER Project at APSA 2023 in Los Angeles
Nils-Christian Bormann presented preliminary research results from the DANGER project at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Los Angeles from August 31 – September 3, 2023. The DANGER project was involved in two scientific panels. The first, “The Promises and Perils of Power-Sharing in Global Perspective”, brought together scholars […]
The March on Rome
One hundred years ago on October 28th, Benito Mussolini began the “March on Rome.” The event initiated the breakdown of Italian democracy. Thousands of Mussolini’s followers, called Blackshirts, gathered all around the Italian Peninsula and advanced on the capital. Liberal Prime Minister Luigi Facta wanted to mobilize the army to stop the Fascists, yet King […]
Workshop on Violence and Democratic Backsliding
Nils-Christian Bormann, PI of the DANGER project, introduced new findings from the DANGER project at the “Political Violence and Democratic Backsliding” workshop in Berlin. He presented results of the relationship between ideological polarization and democratic breakdown in interwar Europe. Early analysis of the Actions by Elites and Leaders data (ABEL) reveals that polarization levels were […]