Authoritarianism
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 97
ISSN: 1467-9221
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 97
ISSN: 1467-9221
In: Comparative politics, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 301
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Aktual'nye problemy Evropy: Current problems of Europe, Heft 1
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 60, Heft Jan 89
ISSN: 0032-3179
Demonstrates that this development stems from the coincidence of a political leader of marked self-confidence and a weak opposition. It is enabled by a constitution which does not check the executive or balance its power against that of the legislative. (PAS)
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 4-9
ISSN: 0032-3179
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In: Russian social science review: a journal of translations, Band 47, Heft 3, S. 21-29
ISSN: 1061-1428
In: The political quarterly, Band 94, Heft 3, S. 428-436
ISSN: 1467-923X
AbstractStarting from the debate on democratic decline, this article introduces the concept of 'mainstreaming authoritarianism' in a bid to turn attention to the role and agency of traditional political actors in the process. The article summarises key findings of relevant studies on autocratisation and highlights issues with the many concepts employed to describe the problem. It moves on to define authoritarianism and suggests a turn towards practice‐based approaches. This facilitates the analysis of authoritarian discourses and practices of mainstream political actors in established democracies and helps bridge the gap between social psychology‐based and political science‐based classic conceptualisations of authoritarianism. Testing the hypothesis that authoritarianism has been mainstreamed, the author develops a comparative survey of the actions and practices of key political actors in Europe, concluding with a note on the importance of acknowledging this authoritarian turn, dealing with its consequences and focussing on the role of agency.
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 621-630
ISSN: 0033-362X
Recent socio-psychol'al res has demonstrated a connection between authoritarian personality trends & a tendency towards ingroup-outgroup dichotomizing. A PO survey conducted in Los Angeles County provided the data by which authoritarianism could be related to internationalism, the latter being measured in terms of att's regarding Soviet-American trade in non-strategic goods, & teaching about Soviet life in US Sch's. A personality scale adapted from that described in 1950 by Sanford & Older was applied to 460 persons interviewed about the beginning of 1954. Definite & signif r's were found between personality & attitude toward the 2 questions mentioned. Authoritarians approve of trade with Russia less often than equalitarians (49% as compared to 61%). When they do approve of trade, authoritarians, less frequently than equalitarians, point to the international benefits which might result. More than equalitarians, they think in terms of econ & parochial rather than general & cosmopolitan benefits. Authoritarians also approve of teaching about Russia less often than do equalitarians (70% favorable, as against 85% of equalitarians). When they do approve, they less often refer to the utility of such teaching for reducing intergroup tensions, or to the importance of safeguarding liberal principles. When opposed to such teaching, they more often give as their reason the necessity for combatting Communism. These findings have implications regarding the manner in which propaganda might best be conducted in order to ease tensions. IPSA.
In: Journal of democracy, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 143-156
ISSN: 1045-5736
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In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 4-37
ISSN: 0043-8871
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In: Journal of democracy, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 143-157
ISSN: 1086-3214
This paper uses a new typology of authoritarian regimes to explore the extent to which regime type explains the survival (and breakdown) of non-democratic regimes as well as the impact of different types of authoritarian regimes on democratic development. Our results demonstrate that different types of authoritarian regime face different propensities to develop toward democracy. Hence the nature of the authoritarian regime in question deserves to be added to the list of democracy's essential preconditions. One regime type—the limited multiparty system—stands out as the prime stepping stone to democracy. The fact that this regime type has become the most common form of authoritarianism can be seen as a promising sign for the future.
In: Journal of democracy, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 26-40
ISSN: 1086-3214
This paper argues that despite the considerable resilience demonstrated by the Chinese authoritarian regime, its power experiences continuous atrophy. With the weakening of the totalitarian control imposed on Chinese society, the current stability maintenance system has been decreasing in its effectiveness. Meanwhile, contentious activities within the civil society gain momentum, and grow in both frequency and complexity. Movements such as human rights advocacy and political pluralism are traversing down a path towards a multilaterally coalesced resistance of authoritarian authority. The final part of this paper proposes and analyzes three possible trends of the development of social contentions in Chinese civil society. Adapted from the source document.
In: Journal of democracy, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 5-14
ISSN: 1045-5736
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