Political leadership in Germany between 1921 and 1945 : linking charisma and totalitarianism

dc.contributor.advisorBekker, J.T.en
dc.contributor.emailupetd@up.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateWolmarans, Frederik Gerhardus
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T13:51:54Z
dc.date.available2006-03-03en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T13:51:54Z
dc.date.created2001-09-01en
dc.date.issued2007-03-03en
dc.date.submitted2006-02-27en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA (Political Science))--University of Pretoria, 2007.en
dc.description.abstractThe functioning and apparent successes of the political leadership in Nazi Germany, has for long presented political scientists with a very complex and seemingly ambiguous system to interpret and explain. This study addresses this very matter by firstly identifying the ideological environment within which it functioned as one in which an effective leader with effective leadership tactics was vital. Secondly, two factors are identified as key to the understanding and explanation of political leadership in the Third Reich. These factors are the 'Hitler myth' as a vibrant leadership cult that stood at the centre of Adolf Hitler's relationship with the German people and thus formed the base of Hitler's authority, and the 'Fahrer Prinzip' as expression of the totalitarian style of leadership present in the Nazi movement and the Nazi State, especially regarding the role of Hitler as Fahrer of the Nazi Party and later also of the Nazi State.en
dc.description.availabilityunrestricteden
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen
dc.identifier.citationWolmarans, FG 2001, Political leadership in Germany between 1921 and 1945 : linking charisma and totalitarianism, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22880 >en
dc.identifier.otherH506/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02272006-162616/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/22880
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2001, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectHitler adolf 1889-1945en
dc.subjectGermany politics and government 1933-1845en
dc.subjectFascism germanyen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titlePolitical leadership in Germany between 1921 and 1945 : linking charisma and totalitarianismen
dc.typeDissertationen

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