Jonathan Dunnage
Biographic Data
| ID | 550432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Dunnage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunnage |
| SIGNATURE | DUNNAGE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swansea University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2066-1864 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural strategies for militarizing the Italian police, 1947 -1952
The article analyses the employment of words, images and rituals, in the early years of the Italian Republic, to reinforce the militarization of the Public Security Guard (Corpo delle Guardie di Pubblica Sicurezza) and to engender public support for hard-line military-type solutions to law-and-order difficulties. Drawing on police literature (especially the magazine of the Public Security Guard, Polizia Moderna), newspapers and cinema newsreels, …
Sicilian Bandits and the Italian state
The article examines how Italian newspapers and illustrated magazines reported the life and crimes of the notorious Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano. Articles and special features on Giuliano reflected more widely upon Italy’s ability to embrace democracy after the fascist dictatorship, as well as the historic North-South divide. Sensationalist narratives often presented the outlaw as a mythical figure. On occasion, however, they revealed the …
Understanding militarism after the end of the Cold War
Since the end of the Cold War, the study of militarism and militarization has been eclipsed by other, newer, concepts especially in the fields of history, international relations, and media studies. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, militarization has taken a back seat in discussions and questions concerning new types of conflicts, security, and actors that began to emerge in the 1990s. In this article, we document the work that has conti…
The legacy of Cesare Lombroso and criminal anthropology in the post-war Italian police
This article examines the employment in post-war Italy of positivist scientific policing originally inspired by the work of the criminal anthropologist Cesare Lombroso at the end of the nineteenth century and subsequently developed at the scientific policing institute (Scuola Superiore di Polizia) in Rome. It analyses how the post-war police addressed the fascist regime’s employment of scientific policing for oppressive purposes and how far post-…
Policemen and ‘Women of Ill Repute’
Based on an analysis of personnel documents of the Italian Interior Ministry Police, the article investigates the sexual attitudes of police personnel during the Mussolinian dictatorship and the manner in which their commanders dealt with ‘misconduct’ related to this (particularly liaisons with/exploitation of prostitutes, and other extra-marital relationships). This is considered in the contexts of both the fascist regime’s attempt to ‘moralize’…
Historical perspectives on democratic police reform
The article analyses the occupational culture of the Italian Interior Ministry police after the Second World War, following the demise of Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship. In undertaking this, the article largely focuses on how the history, values and objectives of the post-war Italian police were narrated in professional literature and institutional correspondence and represented in celebrative and commemorative rituals, and the ways in w…
Twentieth Century Italy
Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic, cultural and political transformation on the lives of Italians. It assesses their living standards, their health and education, their working conditions and their leisure activities. The final part of the book examines contemporary Italian society in the light of the po…
Mussolini’s Policemen
'Cinderella status': the liberal police and the lure of fascism 2. The 'fascistisation' of police culture: representation and practice 3. Oppression and consensus-building: policing communities in fascist Italy 4. The performance of Mussolini's policemen: reflections on institutional culture, working conditions and welfare 5. Personal profiles 6. Facing the demise of fascism 7. Conclusion: Mussolini's policemen and the transition to the Republic …
Italian policemen and fascist ideology
Perpetrator memory and memories about perpetrators
Contemporary memory debates on representations of conflict and, in particular, crimes against humanity have undoubtedly been informed by the fairly recent emergence of perpetrator voices. As survivors of the Second World War reach the end of their lives, and as the event and related atrocities become increasingly distant in time, perpetrators are equally as aware as victims of a final opportunity to be heard directly. Paradoxically, too, war crim…
Ideology, clientelism and the ‘fascistization’ of the Italian state
This is a study of fascist police personnel under Mussolini's dictatorship. Based on an examination of the personal files of the Interior Ministry police, the article questions how far the recruitment and/or promotion during the mid-to-late 1920s of fascist police officers and officials, several of whom had been involved in the black-shirt movement before the March on Rome, represented an effective ‘fascistization’ strategy. If their presence led…
Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism
(2009). Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism: a preliminary investigation of the evolution of Italian police culture from the dictatorship to the Republic. The Italianist: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 464-484
Surveillance and Denunciation in Fascist Siena, 1927—1943
Italy at War 1935–2005
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Twentieth Century Italy
Introduction: between tradition and modernity. 1. Italian society in the wake of the Risorgimento, 1860-1914. 2. Social fragmentation and violence in italy, 1915-25. 3. The experience of Fascism, 1925-39. 4. War, civil conflict and the defeat of Fascism, 1940-50. 5. Social, cultural and economic transformation in post-war Italy (1950-1980). 6. Affluence and moral crisis: Italian society in the eighties and nineties. Conclusion: Italian society at…
Inhibiting Democracy in Post-War Italy
Having recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Liberation of Italy and the end of fascist dictatorship, we look back over half a century of political turmoil. Post-war Italy has been plagued by political corruption and manipulated by the de-stabilizing forces of Gladio, the mafia, terrorism, the secret services, and masonic lodges. A crucial factor contributing to the distortions of democratic development lies in the transition from d…
Law and Order in Giolittian Italy
Historical perspectives on democratic police reform
The article analyses the occupational culture of the Italian Interior Ministry police after the Second World War, following the demise of Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship. In undertaking this, the article largely focuses on how the history, values and objectives of the post-war Italian police were narrated in professional literature and institutional correspondence and represented in celebrative and commemorative rituals, and the ways in w…
Cultural strategies for militarizing the Italian police, 1947 -1952
The article analyses the employment of words, images and rituals, in the early years of the Italian Republic, to reinforce the militarization of the Public Security Guard (Corpo delle Guardie di Pubblica Sicurezza) and to engender public support for hard-line military-type solutions to law-and-order difficulties. Drawing on police literature (especially the magazine of the Public Security Guard, Polizia Moderna), newspapers and cinema newsreels, …
Perpetrator memory and memories about perpetrators
Contemporary memory debates on representations of conflict and, in particular, crimes against humanity have undoubtedly been informed by the fairly recent emergence of perpetrator voices. As survivors of the Second World War reach the end of their lives, and as the event and related atrocities become increasingly distant in time, perpetrators are equally as aware as victims of a final opportunity to be heard directly. Paradoxically, too, war crim…
Surveillance and Denunciation in Fascist Siena, 1927—1943
Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism
(2009). Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism: a preliminary investigation of the evolution of Italian police culture from the dictatorship to the Republic. The Italianist: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 464-484
Law and Order in Giolittian Italy
Inhibiting Democracy in Post-War Italy
Having recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Liberation of Italy and the end of fascist dictatorship, we look back over half a century of political turmoil. Post-war Italy has been plagued by political corruption and manipulated by the de-stabilizing forces of Gladio, the mafia, terrorism, the secret services, and masonic lodges. A crucial factor contributing to the distortions of democratic development lies in the transition from d…
Twentieth Century Italy
Introduction: between tradition and modernity. 1. Italian society in the wake of the Risorgimento, 1860-1914. 2. Social fragmentation and violence in italy, 1915-25. 3. The experience of Fascism, 1925-39. 4. War, civil conflict and the defeat of Fascism, 1940-50. 5. Social, cultural and economic transformation in post-war Italy (1950-1980). 6. Affluence and moral crisis: Italian society in the eighties and nineties. Conclusion: Italian society at…
Italy at War 1935–2005
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Surveillance and Denunciation in Fascist Siena, 1927—1943
Ideology, clientelism and the ‘fascistization’ of the Italian state
This is a study of fascist police personnel under Mussolini's dictatorship. Based on an examination of the personal files of the Interior Ministry police, the article questions how far the recruitment and/or promotion during the mid-to-late 1920s of fascist police officers and officials, several of whom had been involved in the black-shirt movement before the March on Rome, represented an effective ‘fascistization’ strategy. If their presence led…
Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism
(2009). Surviving fascism; narrating fascism; transferring fascism: a preliminary investigation of the evolution of Italian police culture from the dictatorship to the Republic. The Italianist: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 464-484
Perpetrator memory and memories about perpetrators
Contemporary memory debates on representations of conflict and, in particular, crimes against humanity have undoubtedly been informed by the fairly recent emergence of perpetrator voices. As survivors of the Second World War reach the end of their lives, and as the event and related atrocities become increasingly distant in time, perpetrators are equally as aware as victims of a final opportunity to be heard directly. Paradoxically, too, war crim…
Italian policemen and fascist ideology
Mussolini’s Policemen
'Cinderella status': the liberal police and the lure of fascism 2. The 'fascistisation' of police culture: representation and practice 3. Oppression and consensus-building: policing communities in fascist Italy 4. The performance of Mussolini's policemen: reflections on institutional culture, working conditions and welfare 5. Personal profiles 6. Facing the demise of fascism 7. Conclusion: Mussolini's policemen and the transition to the Republic …
Twentieth Century Italy
Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic, cultural and political transformation on the lives of Italians. It assesses their living standards, their health and education, their working conditions and their leisure activities. The final part of the book examines contemporary Italian society in the light of the po…
Historical perspectives on democratic police reform
The article analyses the occupational culture of the Italian Interior Ministry police after the Second World War, following the demise of Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship. In undertaking this, the article largely focuses on how the history, values and objectives of the post-war Italian police were narrated in professional literature and institutional correspondence and represented in celebrative and commemorative rituals, and the ways in w…
Policemen and ‘Women of Ill Repute’
Based on an analysis of personnel documents of the Italian Interior Ministry Police, the article investigates the sexual attitudes of police personnel during the Mussolinian dictatorship and the manner in which their commanders dealt with ‘misconduct’ related to this (particularly liaisons with/exploitation of prostitutes, and other extra-marital relationships). This is considered in the contexts of both the fascist regime’s attempt to ‘moralize’…
The legacy of Cesare Lombroso and criminal anthropology in the post-war Italian police
This article examines the employment in post-war Italy of positivist scientific policing originally inspired by the work of the criminal anthropologist Cesare Lombroso at the end of the nineteenth century and subsequently developed at the scientific policing institute (Scuola Superiore di Polizia) in Rome. It analyses how the post-war police addressed the fascist regime’s employment of scientific policing for oppressive purposes and how far post-…
Understanding militarism after the end of the Cold War
Since the end of the Cold War, the study of militarism and militarization has been eclipsed by other, newer, concepts especially in the fields of history, international relations, and media studies. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, militarization has taken a back seat in discussions and questions concerning new types of conflicts, security, and actors that began to emerge in the 1990s. In this article, we document the work that has conti…
Sicilian Bandits and the Italian state
The article examines how Italian newspapers and illustrated magazines reported the life and crimes of the notorious Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano. Articles and special features on Giuliano reflected more widely upon Italy’s ability to embrace democracy after the fascist dictatorship, as well as the historic North-South divide. Sensationalist narratives often presented the outlaw as a mythical figure. On occasion, however, they revealed the …
Cultural strategies for militarizing the Italian police, 1947 -1952
The article analyses the employment of words, images and rituals, in the early years of the Italian Republic, to reinforce the militarization of the Public Security Guard (Corpo delle Guardie di Pubblica Sicurezza) and to engender public support for hard-line military-type solutions to law-and-order difficulties. Drawing on police literature (especially the magazine of the Public Security Guard, Polizia Moderna), newspapers and cinema newsreels, …
Political science (15 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Dictatorship (6 works) · European history and politics (6 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works)