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Autocracy is a system of government with absolute power concentrated in a single person or party, often masking itself with democratic institutions. Its rise, linked to populism, is analyzed through historical trends and contemporary examples.
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- Autocracy is a system of government with absolute power concentrated in a single person or party, often masking itself with democratic institutions. Its rise, linked to populism, is analyzed through historical trends and contemporary examples.
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Autocracy Authoritarianism Populism Political Science Governance Dictatorship Totalitarianism Comparative Politics
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Autocracy An autocracy is a system of government in which a single person or party (the autocrat) possesses supreme and absolute power. The decisions of this autocrat are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control. Absolute monarchies and dictatorships are the main modern-day forms of autocracy. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, autocracy is characterized by the concentration of power in a single center, be it an individual dictator or a group of power holders such as a committee or a party leadership. This center relies on force to suppress opposition and to limit social developments that might eventuate in opposition. The power of the center is not subject to effective controls or limited by genuine sanctions: it is absolute power. In appearance, autocracy may sometimes be difficult to distinguish from nonautocratic rule. Often, autocracies attempt to borrow legitimacy by adopting the language of the constitutions of nonautocratic...
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Simplified: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has gone from model of democratic political Islam to traditional autocrat
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Simplified: Autocracy is a system of government where a single person or party possesses supreme power
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Simplified: Autocrat's decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor popular control
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Simplified: Absolute monarchies and dictatorships are main modern-day forms of autocracy
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Simplified: Encyclopedia Britannica says autocracy is characterized by power concentration in a single center
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Simplified: The center relies on force to suppress opposition and limit social developments
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Simplified: The center's power is not subject to effective controls or limited by sanctions it is absolute power
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Simplified: Autocracies often attempt to borrow legitimacy by adopting language of constitutions of nonautocratic regimes or establishing similar institutions
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Simplified: Many modern totalitarian states establish institutions similar in appearance to constitutional democracies
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Simplified: Totalitarian constitutions' language is often couched in terms of popular rule or democracy
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Simplified: In totalitarian regimes institutions and constitutional provisions do not effectively check power
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Simplified: Autocratic rule's underlying realities are power concentration and force mobilization to prevent opposition
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Simplified: The term 'autocrat' was coined as a favorable feature of the ruler in earlier times
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Simplified: Russian Emperor was styled 'Autocrat of all the Russias' as late as early 20th century
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Simplified: Totalitarian and military dictatorship are often identified with autocracy but need not be
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Simplified: Totalitarianism is a system where the state strives to control every aspect of life
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Simplified: Totalitarianism can be headed by a supreme leader or a collective leadership
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Simplified: WPR editorial says the past decade has been marked by advances of authoritarianism and populism
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Simplified: Politicians dismantle institutions designed to check authority and protect human rights once in office
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Simplified: Recep Tayyip Erdogan used counterterrorism campaign and failed coup to purge political opponents
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Simplified: Opposition's electoral gains show Erdogan's power might not be absolute
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Simplified: Authoritarian regimes peaked in 1980 then fell sharply
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Simplified: Democracy has been in slow retreat since then
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Simplified: Erica Frantz notes autocracy is no longer just a phenomenon of developing countries
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Simplified: There has been a marked shift in the form of authoritarianism
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Simplified: The Chinese party-state is a rarity
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Simplified: Military dictatorships have declined sharply
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Simplified: Pseudo-democratic personal dictatorships are on the rise
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Simplified: Personal dictatorships' features include narrow inner circle loyalists family promotion new movement referendums new security services
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Simplified: Strongmen start out as populists
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Simplified: Populists argue they alone can solve the country's problems with extraordinary powers
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Simplified: Populists assert traditional elite is corrupt and incompetent
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Voters should trust, instead, in the intuition of the leader, a living embodiment of the people.0.600Simplified: Voters should trust the leader's intuition
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Simplified: Arguments justify repression of 'enemies of the people' making democracy impossible
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Simplified: Pippa Norris wrote populist authoritarian leaders attracted support across Europe and the Americas
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Simplified: Pippa Norris wrote populist authoritarianism is a cultural backlash against social change