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authoritarianismPrinciple of unqualified submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. As a political system, authoritarianism is antidemocratic in that political power is concentrated in a leader or small elite not constitutionally responsible to those governed. It differs from totalitarianism in that authoritarian governments usually lack a guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the whole population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise their power within relatively predictable limits. See also absolutism, dictatorship. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Singapore's soft authoritarianism shields it from the kind of attention that Burma and other such regimes attract. Governments, already unpopular on account of their authoritarianism and corruption, were even more resented by cooperating with the American-led war in Iraq against the will of the vast majority of their populations. Daniel Lynch explains Taiwan's adaptation to the "network society," leaving readers an impression that in an era of lowered or absent thresholds to social interconnectivity, the hegemonic nature of Beijing's relationship with Taipei, to say nothing of the PRC's reflexive authoritarianism at home, puts both sides of the Taiwan Strait at a severe disadvantage. |
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