Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic in nature and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military.In an influential 1964 work, the political scientist Juan Linz defined authoritarianism as possessing four qualities: Limited political pluralism, realized with constraints on the legislature, political …
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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 27 April 2024 English
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org/memos/the-palestinian-security-sector-consolidating-authoritarianism-and-repression/ https://al-shabaka.org/scenario-matrix/ …
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues · 26 April 2024 English
The Forum urges the governments of Canada, Denmark and Greenland to follow up and implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples following his country …
favor repression and criminalization, promote authoritarianism and suppress protest voices and demands for …
World Bank Group · 25 April 2024 English
As decentralization is a cross-cutting concept, there are many ways to measure it. This short note aims to unpack the concepts of decentralization by conducting a global literature review. It …
conflicts (Treisman 2000), foster sub-national authoritarianism (Williams 2000) and exacerbate patronage …
Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English
While the concept of data publics is rooted in the western notion of publics as a counterweight to state practices, the Korean case illustrates how data publics can complement, and …
10–51; Myung-koo Kang, Hunmin’gwa cades of authoritarianism to a national democratization movement, Korean …
World Bank Group · 23 April 2024 English
As decentralization is a cross-cutting concept, there are many ways to measure it. This short note aims to unpack the concepts of decentralization by conducting a global literature review. It …
conflicts (Treisman 2000), foster sub-national authoritarianism (Williams 2000) and exacerbate patronage …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 23 April 2024 English
Ambitious U.S. rhetoric and commitment to African infrastructure requires follow-through. By taking a few concrete steps, the United States can make real progress on this worthy goal.
to bolster vulnerable democracies against authoritarianism. Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S …
Cato Institute · 19 April 2024 English
For more than 30 years, I and a number of my Cato colleagues have been travelling to Argentina, where we have participated in countless meetings, media appearances, and public events …
away from liberal democracy or strengthening authoritarianism, the importance and relevance of Argentinaʼs …
McMaster Health Forum · 18 April 2024 English
• The synthesis of findings were grouped according to the outcomes of interest: • Mandates and intention to get vaccinated: The experimental literature is based only on hypothetical mandates and …
involved in civil disobedience due to perceived authoritarianism. Summary Experimental research on reactance …
The Asia Foundation · 17 April 2024 English
This research project explores the peace process that surrounded the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. It focuses on the successes and failures of international support for peacebuilding at that time, drawing …
Challenge 1. The political legacy of military authoritarianism … Challenge 1. The political legacy of military authoritarianism Challenge 2. Weak accountability and shallow …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 17 April 2024 English
In addition to the sectoral variation in the impacts of economic policymaking, the second reason that Ang and Heilmann’s explanations do not fully account for the apparent failure of China’s …
grounded in the seminal concept of “fragmented authoritarianism”, developed by Kenneth Lieberthal and Michel … grounded in the seminal concept of “fragmented authoritarianism” developed by Kenneth Lieberthal and Michel … Press, 1988). 19 Andrew Mertha, “‘Fragmented Authoritarianism 2.0’: Political Pluralization in the Chinese … -lithography.html Oksenberg’s “fragmented authoritarianism”, where “China's bureaucratic ranking system … Lieberthal, “Introduction: The "Fragmented Authoritarianism" Model and Its Limitations”, in Bureaucracy …
