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Mar 28, 2024 · Authoritarian regimes are systems of government that have no established mechanism for the transfer of executive power and do not afford their citizens civil liberties or political rights. Power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small elite, whose decisions are taken without regard for the will of the people.
- Natasha Lindstaedt
Basic forms of government. Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of democracy, civil liberties, and political plurality. [1] It involves the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.
Aug 6, 2015 · According to Linz, authoritarian regimes are characterized by four defining traits: (1) limited, nonresponsible, political pluralism; (2) the absence of an elaborate and guiding ideology, having instead “distinctive mentalities”; (3) the absence of both intensive and extensive political mobilization; and (4) the exercise of power within ...
Jun 24, 2021 · It provides an overview of the “authoritarian reaction,” i.e., how contextual influences and lifelong socialization processes over three different levels impact authoritarian attitudes and behaviors among high-scoring authoritarians and low-scoring authoritarians.
- Caroline Schnelle, Dirk Baier, Andreas Hadjar, Klaus Boehnke, Klaus Boehnke
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676093
- 2021
- Front Psychol. 2021; 12: 676093.
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Mar 3, 2023 · Complementing the assertion that right-wing authoritarianism has roots in evolution and biology, a growing literature reveals the cognitive and personality correlates of authoritarianism.
- Danny Osborne
Aug 30, 2023 · August 30, 2023 | by Yale Jackson. An expert on authoritarian regimes and transitions to democracy, Jackson School professor Jennifer Gandhi is investigating what we understand about autocracies — how they manifest, how they gain support, and how they are being successfully overthrown.
May 1, 2018 · Another example would be the extraterritorial practices of authoritarian regimes such as Eritrea, Iran, Syria and various central Asian states, which involve physical and digital harassment of their critics in the diaspora. 52
