Dictatorship
What Is Dictatorship?
Dictatorship
* A form of government in which absolute and total power is concentrated in a dictator (usually one person be it military or otherwise or one political party). * Defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual. * A government controlled by one person, or a small group of people. In this form of government the power rests entirely on the person or group of people, and can be obtained by force or by inheritance. The dictators may also take away much of its peoples' freedom. * A dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed (similar to authoritarianism), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people.
Totalitarian
* A political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspect of public and private life.
The concept of totalitarianism was first devel9oped on a positive sense in the 1920’s by Italian Fascists. The Concept became prominent in western anti-communist political discourse during the Cold War Era, In order to highlight perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on one hand and Soviet communism on the other. * A term to describe modern regimes in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior. * Leaders of a totalitarian state attempt to get the entire population to support the official state ideology, and are intolerant of activities that are not directed towards the goal of the state.
Social and economic conditions allowed the development of dictatorships * The political unrest and poor economic conditions that developed after World War I enabled dictatorships to arise in several countries, especially in those countries that lacked a tradition of democratic government. * During the 1920's and
Dictatorship
* A form of government in which absolute and total power is concentrated in a dictator (usually one person be it military or otherwise or one political party). * Defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual. * A government controlled by one person, or a small group of people. In this form of government the power rests entirely on the person or group of people, and can be obtained by force or by inheritance. The dictators may also take away much of its peoples' freedom. * A dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed (similar to authoritarianism), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people.
Totalitarian
* A political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspect of public and private life.
The concept of totalitarianism was first devel9oped on a positive sense in the 1920’s by Italian Fascists. The Concept became prominent in western anti-communist political discourse during the Cold War Era, In order to highlight perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on one hand and Soviet communism on the other. * A term to describe modern regimes in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior. * Leaders of a totalitarian state attempt to get the entire population to support the official state ideology, and are intolerant of activities that are not directed towards the goal of the state.
Social and economic conditions allowed the development of dictatorships * The political unrest and poor economic conditions that developed after World War I enabled dictatorships to arise in several countries, especially in those countries that lacked a tradition of democratic government. * During the 1920's and