Authoritarianism: Difference between revisions

'''Authoritarianism''' is a [[Category:Forms of government|form of government]] characterized by the rejection of [[Liberalism]], Individualism and [[Plurality|political plurality]],. theThe use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quoauthority, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.<ref name=Cerutti>{{cite book|title=Conceptualizing Politics: An Introduction to Political Philosophy|author=Furio Cerutti|page=17|year=2017|publisher=Routledge|quote=Political scientists have outlined elaborated typologies of authoritarianism, from which it is not easy to draw a generally accepted definition; it seems that its main features are the non-acceptance of conflict and plurality as normal elements of politics, the will to preserve the status quo and prevent change by keeping all political dynamics under close control by a strong central power, and lastly, the erosion of the rule of law, the division of powers, and democratic voting procedures.}}</ref> are required to preserve this political status. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government.<ref name=Cerutti/> Authoritarian regimes may be either [[autocratic]] or [[oligarchic]] in nature and may be based upon the rule of a [[party]] or the military.<ref name=EscrowFrantz>{{cite book|publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]]|author=Natasha M. Ezrow & Erica Frantz|year=2011|title=Dictators and Dictatorships: Understanding Authoritarian Regimes and Their Leaders|page=17}}</ref><ref name=LaiSlater>{{cite journal|last1=Lai|first1=Brian|last2=Slater|first2=Dan|title=Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes, 1950-1992|journal=American Journal of Political Science|pages=113–126|date=2006|volume=50|issue=1|jstor=3694260|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00173.x}}</ref>