STEXEU‘s launch conference, to discuss how states of exception reshaped the roles of governments, security forces, and non-state actors.

The Constitutional Road to Dictatorship:

States of Exception and Authoritarianism in Europe, 1900–39

Liberal democracies in the early twentieth century used emergency powers to confront political unrest, but these measures often paved the way for authoritarian rule. This conference discusses how states of exception reshaped the roles of governments, security forces, and non-state actors, highlighting how constitutional mechanisms intended to defend liberal rule could, in fact, contribute to its erosion and to the rise of fascism.

STEXEU is coordinated by Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez and funded by the European Research Council.

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