How Successful Were Mussolini’s Domestic Policies

How conquestful were Mussolinis domestic policies between 1926-1939?

From 1926-1939 Mussolini embarked on a series of domestic policies carryed to maintain and increase his popularity and power, whilst transforming the Italian state and economy into a nation committed to war. His policies included both(prenominal) successes and failures, culminating in him managing to maintain the Cult of Dicismo exclusively failing to shape that battle read Italy he had envisaged.
His most successful transaction through these policies was the covenant and the Lateran Treaties of 1929, which resulted in him having the financing of the Papacy, and hence the patronage of the overwhelming catholic majority of the country. Whilst this meant he became as secure as the church service, and undisputed leader, the cost of the treaties, whilst appearing negligible compared to the benefits, was high than it appears. Ironically, Mussolini could not create a totalitarian political science without the backing of the church, but at the same time the same Church greatly limited Mussolini and made the kind of totalitarian authorities seen in Nazi Germany impossible.



To feel the Church to sign the Concordat and Lateran treaties he had to permit religious education in second-string schools, as well as catholic alternatives to the Balilla fascist young movement and the fascist student movement. This meant that up to 1 in 6 young Italians were educated not in the political theory of fascism, but in that of Catholicism, an ideology thats incompatible. This meant that Mussolinis aim to rear a new fascist generation, and hence a completely fascist Italy, was impossible. The kind of unity behind fascism, as was seen in Germany, was made impossible by the independence Mussolini was coerce to give to the Catholic Church, not just in education, but in media as well. Hence although for Mussolini it was a big success in the terms of him securing the countries support which made his whole regime possible, its success if limited by the Churchs...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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