Recently‚ Nations all over the planet have seen authoritarian movements gaining traction in their governments. Under the definition of authoritarianism‚ several such governments already exist‚ and many democracies are beginning to have a growing authoritarian base in their legislature. Whether or not authoritarianism is right or good for nations is rather contentious depending upon who one asks. Many dismiss the possibility of an Authoritarian takeover‚ thinking that a radical authoritarian overthrowal
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Authoritarianism The personality type is defined by nine traits that were believed to cluster together as the result of psychodynamic‚ childhood experiences. These traits are conventionalism‚ authoritarian submission‚ authoritarian aggression‚ anti-intraception‚ superstition and stereotypy‚ power and "toughness‚" destructiveness and cynicism‚ projectivity‚ and exaggerated concerns over sex.[1] In brief‚ the authoritarian is predisposed to follow the dictates of a strong leader and traditional‚ conventional
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meaning of the Chinese characteristics “民主主義 (min-shu-shu-gi)”. “民主主義” means democracy in Japanese. To begin with‚ what principle does North Korea try to achieve? Generally‚ people seem to have one conventional wisdom that North Korea has only authoritarianism‚ which means favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority. The effects by the media can make this conventional wisdom. For example‚ the news about broadcasting the death of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il must be memorable for those
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their origins and actions they entail in modern and past societies. The words anarchism and authoritarianism are two words that have been at war with each other since the beginning civilization‚ words that are the walls in which our civilization and society exists. Every form of government‚ lifestyle‚ parenting method‚ style of thought‚ etc. is somewhere between the boundaries of anarchism and authoritarianism. These words are the boundaries by which we choose live our lives on this Earth‚ from birth
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is a never-ending progression of various shades of authoritarianism‚ first under the white-settler colonialism from the years 1890 to 1979 and then again under the postcolonial rule of blacks since 1980. Therefore‚ the three major streams that have fed into Zimbabwe’s political culture are African traditionalism‚ settler colonialism‚ and liberation war politics. These three streams have worked separately and in combination to anchor authoritarianism and against the growth and development of democratic
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The meaning and comparison between authority and authoritarianism is like comparing apples and oranges-they’re alike because they belong in the same group thus different in many regards. Authority is defined as: (1) the power to influence or command thought‚ opinion‚ or behavior;(2) persons in command. Authority derives from the Latin term augere‚ which translates “to create‚ to enlarge‚ to make able to grow”. Authority consist of three essential elements: the author‚ the agent of energy; the recipient
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Electoral Authoritarianism After the fall of the Soviet Union in December of 1991‚ the political actors in Russia had a choice to push for either a democratic or authoritarian regime. The political actors opted to advance an authoritarian regime‚ and used a façade of democratic practices to legitimize the new government and establish antidemocratic policies. The initial push toward an authoritarian regime put Russia on a path gradually leading away from not only democracy but also freedom itself
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Authoritarianism can be a favorable system of government because it is more efficient that even parliamentary democracy‚ and extremely stable when implemented correctly. Unfortunately this is a slippery slope: while the country has stability it needs to retain its stability‚ and the only way one can do that is by hampering free speech and free press. Once you start hampering free speech‚ one would want to control more and more of the public’s access to oppositional materials‚ and this eventually
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Two forms of government that have shaped the way our world is today is authoritarianism and totalitarianism. These two forms of government are alike and different in many ways. The following essay will describe‚ contrast‚ and compare authoritarianism and totalitarianism. The term authoritarianism is used to describe a government which implements strong and sometimes domineering measures against the population without the consent of the population. In an authoritarian state‚ citizens are subject
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both these phenomenon‚ namely colonialism and the Cold War‚ to understand which one of these provided stronger fodder for the surge of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. This essay aims to affirm that while colonialism sometimes laid the foundation for authoritarian regimes‚ the Cold War acted as the main trigger factor that caused the surge of authoritarianism throughout Southeast
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