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3 days ago · Uganda is rated −1 as of 2018, at the border between the Polity categories “closed anocracy” and “open anocracy.” We chose to study a competitive authoritarian regime because countries that fall into the middle of the democracy–autocracy spectrum are traditionally the ones about which experts are most likely to disagree, as Gunitsky ...
We're sliding towards anocracy, and autocracy, more than we should be, but we still have a democracy, imperfect and endangered as it may be. If we didn't, Republicans wouldn't be talking about raising the voting age, ending women's suffrage, gerrymandering, suppressing and disenfranchising voters, and spending billions of dollars to influence ...
5 days ago · All these characteristics of anocracy are, in essence, elements of a regime breakdown, with chaocracy – or the ab- sence of a political regime at state level – as an extreme result. Since the term is widely accepted and does describe a specific set of conditions that can apply to regimes, I propose to uphold its use as the “ state of ...
3 days ago · t. e. A right-wing dictatorship, sometimes also referred to as a rightist dictatorship or right-wing authoritarianism, is an authoritarian or sometimes totalitarian regime following right-wing policies. Right-wing dictatorships are typically characterized by appeals to traditionalism, the protection of law and order and often the advocacy of ...
2 days ago · Examples include Switzerland and some U.S. states, where frequent use is made of referendums and initiatives. The Swiss confederation is a semi-direct democracy. At the federal level, citizens can propose changes to the constitution (federal popular initiative) or ask for a referendum to be held on any law voted by the parliament.
1 day ago · Protectorates are one of the oldest features of international relations, dating back to the Roman Empire. Civitates foederatae were cities that were subordinate to Rome for their foreign relations. In the Middle Ages, Andorra was a protectorate of France and Spain. Modern protectorate concepts were devised in the nineteenth century.
5 days ago · Noam Chomsky is 95, and according to a tweet I just saw, his health "has deteriorated to the point it now prevents him from writing, commenting or participating in the public domain." I put this letter from him up as one miniscule example of just how wonderful -and life-changing - his work (the lectures and…
