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Authoritarian governments can come in many forms, including hereditary dictatorships; military juntas; religious theocracies; and communist, socialist, or fascist regimes. Many authoritarian governments also rank among the most corrupt governments in the world. How to tell if a country's government is authoritarian
28. März 2024 · authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action. 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 ...
- Natasha Lindstaedt
Sarah Repucci. Amy Slipowitz. As a lethal pandemic, economic and physical insecurity, and violent conflict ravaged the world in 2020, democracy’s defenders sustained heavy new losses in their struggle against authoritarian foes, shifting the international balance in favor of tyranny.
28. Feb. 2024 · For example, 38% of Americans under age 30 support these nondemocratic alternatives, compared with 29% of those ages 50 to 64 and 26% of those 65 and older. In India and Australia, the pattern is similar. But in Greece, Japan and South Korea, older adults are more supportive of authoritarian systems than younger ones.
24. Feb. 2022 · The report analyzes the global expansion of authoritarian rule and its impact on democracy and human rights. It highlights the rise of authoritarians in China, Russia, and other regions, the decline of democracy in many countries, and the challenges of democracy's survival. It also provides examples of authoritarian regimes that have consolidated power and undermined democracy.
However, for every instance of positive constitutional change—consider Croatia’s 2000 transition from a presidential to parliamentary democracy—myriad examples of “authoritarian constitutionalism” abound, like constitutional tinkering in Belarus this year and in Russia in 2020.
For example, Brazil elected as president Jair Bolsonaro—a man who, at great risk to public safety, openly encourages the use of lethal force by the military and police in a country already...
