yet permitted parties‚ or in another case none have emerged.# The three main branches of authoritarian government that have been seen in recent years are religious fundamentalist authoritarianism‚ Fascism‚ and Communist government. All branches are authoritarian‚ as both adhere to the basic definition of authoritarianism; they are ’characterised by‚ or favouring absolute obedience to authority‚ as against individual freedom‚ and favour strong governmental powers.’# However‚ the manner in which the
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Economy -refers to the structuring & functioning of the development & utilization of human natural resources in the production‚ processing‚ distribution & consumption of material goods & services. Economic Activities influences : *Habbits *Skills *Knowledge *Expectations *Ideology *Social Norms *Values *Personal Relationship Economic System – is an organized way in which a state or nation allocates its resources & apportions goods and services in the national community. Functions
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dominating group. Moreover‚ the superior group usually has the authoritarianism characteristics. According to George Lundskow authoritarianism means “the desire to dominate anyone or anything perceived as weaker or inferior” (Lundskow 34). For instance‚ some dominating groups in society can been seen as “evil other or evil enemy” because of its demonized characteristics. On the other hand‚ religion has a connection with authoritarianism‚ since it is a dominating group in certain countries and communities
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Politics and Society Politics is the activity through which people make‚ preserve and amend the general rules under which they live. As such‚ it is an essentially social activity‚ inextricably linked‚ on the one hand‚ to the existence of diversity and conflict‚ and on the other to a willingness to co-operate and act collectively. Politics is better seen as a search for conflict resolution than as its achievement‚ as not all conflicts are‚ or can be‚ resolved. The concepts of: Politics‚ government
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Advantages of DemocracyDemocracy can provide for changes in government without violence. In a democracy‚ power can be transferred from one party to another by means of elections. The jurisdiction of the citizens of a nation determines its ruling authority. Moreover‚ any government is bound by an election term after which it has to compete against other parties to regain authority. This system prevents monopoly of the ruling authority. The ruling party has to make sure it works for its people for
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display a great deal of diversity‚ comparative politics can identify and contrast a number of common features. Authoritarian governments by their nature are built around the limitations of individual freedom. Scholars define authoritarianism as a political regime in which a small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public (O’Neil p111). In authoritarian regimes the public has no significance in electing or removing
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Karl Popper launched a scathing attack towards Plato’s Republic in his 1945 book The Open Society and Its Enemies‚ suggesting that the Ancient Greek philosopher was the root cause of totalitarianism in the west. It can’t be denied that there are similarities between Plato’s ideas in Republic and the Communist‚ Fascist and Nazi regimes we saw for much of the early 20th century. But what we see in Republic is Plato describing a very theoretical ideal state with very little interest in the physical
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The main role of the executive is to preform leadership like duties such as carrying out leadership roles‚ ceremonial roles‚ and preforming symbolic. The leadership role demand formulating‚ articulating‚ and implementing goals of the political system. The effective chief executive becomes the spokesperson for the people‚ attempts to invigorate the people’s support for these goals‚ and then develops strategies that ease their accomplishment. For the most part the chief executive takes the initiative
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This form of government has proven the most stable‚ having the most stable governments in the world a. B-A b. presidentialism c. parliamentarism d. socialist republic wait what’s the answer? is it d? just think of examples presidentialism is like venezuela or the US she has said there are not that many presidential systems socialist republic is like china or the USSR not very stable so its C OP here‚ yes it’s C. Think of the big huge list of different types of systems where parliament had
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ensuring a favourable majority for Napoleon III. Additionally Napoleon III favoured the Conseil d’Etat‚ which was chaired and the 40 ministers were appointed by the emperor himself. However‚ as opposition grew he was forced to move away from authoritarianism in three stages‚ firstly in 1860-61‚ secondly in 1867-8 and thirdly in 1869-70. For example in the second stage the Corps Législatif were given the power to question a minster on governmental policy‚ in 1868 press laws were significantly relaxed
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