Coup-proofing strategies include strategically placing family, ethnic, and religious groups in the military; creating of an armed force parallel to the regular military; and developing multiple internal security agencies with overlapping jurisdiction that constantly monitor one another. [43], Hindrances to free and fair elections in authoritarian systems may include:[43], The foundations of stable authoritarian rule are that the authoritarian prevents contestation from the masses and other elites. 26% of the U.S. population qualified as highly right-wing authoritarian, Morning Consult research found, twice the share of the No. [21], Authoritarianism also tends to embrace the informal and unregulated exercise of political power, a leadership that is "self-appointed and even if elected cannot be displaced by citizens' free choice among competitors", the arbitrary deprivation of civil liberties and little tolerance for meaningful opposition. 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Authoritarian rulers are subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC even if their countries are not parties to the Statute if the UN Security Council refers them to the ICC Prosecutor. The questions are grouped into five categories: Each answer is converted to a score, either 0 or 1, or for the three-answer questions, 0, 0.5 or 1. "[125] In 2010, Dani Rodrik wrote that democracies outperform autocracies in terms of long-term economic growth, economic stability, adjustments to external economic shocks, human capital investment, and economic equality. [145] By 2020, all countries marked as "not free" by Freedom House had also developed practices of transnational authoritarianism, aiming to police and control dissent beyond state borders. fair? 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[130], Studies suggest that several health indicators (life expectancy and infant and maternal mortality) have a stronger and more significant association with democracy than they have with GDP per capita, size of the public sector or income inequality.[131]. Electoral process and pluralism: 0.00 Functioning of government: 0.43 Political participation: 3.89 [50] Research shows that some coup-proofing strategies reduce the risk of coups occurring[51][52] and reduce the likelihood of mass protests. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military. Do they hold true for East Asian countries? "[63], According to a 2019 study, personalist dictatorships are more repressive than other forms of dictatorship. In 2020 he sent soldiers into the National Assembly to bully it into supporting his security budget. "[144] Its 2020 report marked the fourteenth consecutive year of declining scores. Interference with opposition campaigning. Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, & Michael M. Weinstein, "The way of the hippie is antithetical to all repressive hierarchical power structures since they are adverse to the hippie goals of peace, love and freedom Hippies don't impose their beliefs on others. Other South American leaders condemn Russias invasion of Ukraine. [46][47], According to a 2019 study by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman, authoritarian regimes have over time become less reliant on violence and mass repression to maintain control. [104][106], Competitive authoritarian regimes differ from fully authoritarian regimes in that elections are regularly held, the opposition can openly operate without a high risk of exile or imprisonment and "democratic procedures are sufficiently meaningful for opposition groups to take them seriously as arenas through which to contest for power. In a competitive authoritarian regime, "formal democratic institutions exist and are widely viewed as the primary means of gaining power, but incumbents' abuse of the state places them at a significant advantage vis--vis their opponents. Beckert, Jen. [133] Anti-authoritarianism also became associated with countercultural and bohemian movements such as the Beat Generation in the 1950s,[134] the hippies in the 1960s[135] and punks in the 1970s. Authoritarians increasingly seek to create an appearance of good performance, conceal state repression, and imitate democracy. The democracy score Results indicate that authoritarian legislatures are associated with a lower probability of transition to a subsequent dictatorship. [33] Economic development can boost public support for authoritarian regimes in the short-to-medium term. The following is a non-exhaustive list of examples of states which are currently or frequently characterized as authoritarian and/or democratically backsliding. media freedom infringement and minor suppression of political opposition and critics). It uses political parties and mass organizations to mobilize people around the goals of the regime. [74] Personalistic authoritarian regimes are characterized by arbitrary rule and authority exercised "mainly through patronage networks and coercion rather than through institutions and formal rules. [127] According to Amartya Sen, no functioning liberal democracy has ever suffered a large-scale famine. These nations are often absolute monarchies or dictatorships, may have some conventional institutions of democracy but with meagre significance, infringements and abuses of civil liberties are commonplace, elections (if they take place) are not fair or free (including sham elections), the media is often state-owned or controlled by groups associated with the ruling regime, the judiciary is not independent, and censorship and suppression of governmental criticism are commonplace.[5]. At least in Western Europe the initial post-war era embraced pluralism and freedom of expression in areas that had been under control of authoritarian regimes. By contrast, Armenia was re-upgraded from an authoritarian regime to a hybrid regime as a result of constitutional changes that shifted power from the presidency to parliament. First and foremost is a penchant for feeble rather than decisive leadership. WebAuthoritarianism, Democracy and Their Relation to the Societal Response. [5], Flawed democracies are nations where elections are fair and free and basic civil liberties are honoured but may have issues (e.g. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, MIGHTY NETWORKS, 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In 2021, both the global and regional average scores continued downward trends, with the exception of the Central and Eastern Europe region. [85], According to Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, authoritarian regimes that are created in social revolutions are far more durable than other kinds of authoritarian regimes. authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. Scandinavian countries topped the list and the U.S. remained a flawed democracy in this index. Since 2019, El Kadi has been arrested, interrogated, and charged numerous times as a result of his journalistic work and his outspoken position supporting the pro-democracy Hirak movement. [19], One exception to this general trend is the endurance of the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party which has been unusually resilient among authoritarian regimes. To generate the index, the Economist Intelligence Unit has a scoring system in which various experts are asked to answer 60 questions and assign each reply a number, with the weighted average deciding the ranking. [93][94][95][96], A further distinction that liberal democracies have rarely made war with one another; research has extended the theory and finds that more democratic countries tend to have few wars (sometimes called militarized interstate disputes) causing fewer battle deaths with one another and that democracies have far fewer civil wars. Democratic regimes are marked by institutions that are essential to economic development and individual freedom, including representative legislatures and competitive political parties. Large-scale spending by the state in favor of the incumbents. It does not attempt to change the world and human nature. Updates? [5], Authoritarian regimes are nations where political pluralism is nonexistent or severely limited. "}.mw-parser-output .srn-white-background{background:#fff}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers tr:hover{background:#eaf3ff}. Authoritarian regimes do so to gain coercive leverage over rural populations. elections untainted by substantial fraud or voter intimidation); protection of civil liberties (i.e. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Alongside Hungary and Poland, substantial democratic declines were observed in Serbia, Turkey and Slovenia since 2010. Algeria was downgraded again from a hybrid regime to an authoritarian regime. [40] In most instances, the elected leader is appointed to act on behalf of the general will. The "An Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Spain". It draws important conclusions about the rise, development, and breakdown of both democracy and dictatorship in each country, providing a comparative perspective on the post However, there were also many countries where being politically liberal was linked to endorsing an authoritarian government. Regimes were toppled in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and partially in Yemen while other countries saw riots, civil wars or insurgencies. In its 2021 report, Freedom House rated only eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa as free. Sondrol argues that while both authoritarianism and totalitarianism are forms of autocracy, they differ in three key dichotomies: (1) Unlike their bland and generally unpopular authoritarian brethren, totalitarian dictators develop a charismatic "mystique" and a mass-based, pseudo-democratic interdependence with their followers via the conscious manipulation of a prophetic image. Now we see if the E.U. Tushnet cites Singapore as an example of an authoritarian constitutionalist state, and connects the concept to that of hybrid regimes. Those were also moderately developed nations before applying liberal democratic policies. The study shows instead that authoritarians have increasingly resorted to manipulation of information as a means of control. [11][12][13][14] Broadly defined, authoritarian states include countries that lack civil liberties such as freedom of religion, or countries in which the government and the opposition do not alternate in power at least once following free elections. The Economist Intelligence Unit noted that democracy "was dealt a major blow in 2020". In the decade following the Arab Spring, of the countries in which an autocracy was toppled in the Arab spring, only Tunisia had become a genuine democracy; Egypt backslid to return to a military-run authoritarian state, while Libya, Syria and Yemen experienced devastating civil wars. Allowing competition between candidates within the incumbent party, but not those who are not in the incumbent party. North Korea North Korea has one of the most restrictive regimes in the world when it comes to freedom of the press. "[104] Competitive authoritarian regimes lack one or more of the three characteristics of democracies such as free elections (i.e. These authoritarian states, as a result of globalization have fewer incentives to cling to power or proceed with their radical policies. [44], Authoritarians may resort to measures referred to as coup-proofing (structures that make it hard for any small group to seize power). WebChina and Russia: Exploring Ties Between Two Authoritarian Powers. machine (oligarchic party dictatorships); bossism (autocratic party dictatorships); Linz, Juan J. [28], Scholars such as Seymour Lipset,[29] Carles Boix, Susan Stokes,[30] Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Stephens and John Stephens[31] argue that economic development increases the likelihood of democratization. Unlike totalitarian states, the regime relies on passive mass acceptance rather than popular support. States that have Hong Kong was downgraded from a flawed democracy to a hybrid regime. The regions are assigned by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and may differ from conventional classifications (for example, Turkey is grouped in Western Europe). [88][89][90] Authoritarian regimes may also be partly responsive to citizen grievances, although this is generally only regarding grievances that do not undermine the stability of the regime. The dictatorship started in Zimbabwe in 1980 that continues since 2017 with Emmerson In China, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), further entrenched his power by writing his contribution to the CCP's ideology, dubbed Xi Jinping Thought, into the party's constitution. The continent has suffered a wave of growing authoritarianism as crises of various kinds have affected Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Myanmar. In addition, they classified 59 countries as semi-authoritarian or partially free, such as the Philippines, with one additional state joining this group since 2005. North Korea Syria Chad Central African Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Turkmenistan Equatorial Guinea Tajikistan Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan Guinea-Bissau But China has not always used its power in the UN Security Council to defend authoritarian states from international pressure. [141][142], Since 2005, observers noted what some have called a "democratic recession",[139][143] although some such as Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way have disputed that there was a significant democratic decline before 2013. Authoritarian elections, on the other hand, are frequently subject to fraud and extreme constraints on the participation of opposing parties. Authoritarianism thus stands in fundamental contrast todemocracy. Democratic elections are generally inclusive, competitive, and fair. [152][153][154][155][156], Various explanations have been offered for the new spread of authoritarianism. During these nine countries transition periods from authoritarianism to democracy, they lost some ground on certain democratic attributes, but others remained The Republic of China on Taiwan is listed further below. "The influence of foreign powers on government"; This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 16:38. Some answers are provided by public-opinion surveys from the respective countries. Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza, & Rodrigo Res Soares. [35], Authoritarian regimes typically incorporate similar political institutions to that of democratic regimes, although they may serve different purposes. Some microstates are not considered in the calculation. Of these eight, half are The human rights organization Freedom House documented the smallest decline in the number of countries becoming more authoritarian in 17 years in its 2023 report, a sign to be optimistic that a turning point has arrived in global liberty, report co-author Yana Gorokhovskaia told Breitbart News. It also differs fromtotalitarianism, however, since authoritarian governments usually have no highly developed guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the entire population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise power within relatively predictable limits. WebCountries including Brazil and Nigeria are often referred to as swing states due to their potential regional or global influence over the future of internet governance. The European Parliament has condemned the "authoritarian drift" of Tunisia under President Kais Saied, calling for the release of jailed journalists, activists, and politicians.. Building on the work of Yale political scientist Juan Linz, Paul C. Sondrol of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has examined the characteristics of authoritarian and totalitarian dictators and organized them in a chart:[68]. Totalitarian self-conceptions are largely teleological. [136], In South America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay moved away from dictatorships to democracy between 1982 and 1990. 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They're Authoritarian", "Hungary's Election Was a Milestone in the Decline of Democracy", "A Tale of Culture-Bound Regime Evolution", "Democratic Backsliding in India, the World's Largest Democracy | V-Dem", The Making of Modern Authoritarianism in Contemporary Iran, "Why Jordan and Morocco are doubling down on royal rule", "Morocco: The Promise of Democracy and the Reality of Authoritarianism", "Montenegro's Prime Minister Resigns, Perhaps Bolstering Country's E.U. [44][45] Authoritarian rule entails a balancing act whereby the ruler has to maintain the support of other elites (frequently through the distribution of state and societal resources) and the support of the public (through distribution of the same resources): the authoritarian rule is at risk if the balancing act is lopsided, as it risks a coup by the elites or an uprising by the mass public. [68], Compared to totalitarianism, "the authoritarian state still maintains a certain distinction between state and society. [132], Culturally there was also a strong sense of anti-authoritarianism based on anti-fascism in Western Europe. In Allard, Eric; Littunen, Yrjo. [140], In December 2010, the Arab Spring arose in response to unrest over economic stagnation but also in opposition to oppressive authoritarian regimes, first in Tunisia, and spreading to Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and elsewhere. Investment analyst Peter Tasker has criticised the Democracy Index for lacking transparency and accountability beyond the numbers. They have oscillated between protecting and undermining human rights online, with many ranked Partly Free by Freedom on the Net. In this study, I explore a fourth explanation people in authoritarian countries apply lower standards. Grand claims have been made about the superiority and inevitability of liberal democracy. [60] A 2017 study finds that countries' coup-proofing strategies are heavily influenced by other countries with similar histories. "[49], Yale University political scientist Milan Svolik argues that violence is a common characteristic of authoritarian systems. Corrections? [34], According to Michael Albertus, most land reform programs tend to be implemented by authoritarian regimes that subsequently withhold property rights from the beneficiaries of the land reform. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. [91][92] An illiberal democracy, or procedural democracy, is distinguished from liberal democracy, or substantive democracy, in that illiberal democracies lack features such as the rule of law, protections for minority groups, an independent judiciary and the real separation of powers. [22] Constitutions in authoritarian states may serve a variety of roles, including "operating manual" (describing how the government is to function); "billboard" (signal of regime's intent), "blueprint" (outline of future regime plans), and "window dressing" (material designed to obfuscate, such as provisions setting forth freedoms that are not honored in practice). These nations commonly have governments that apply pressure on political opposition, non-independent judiciaries, widespread corruption, harassment and pressure placed on the media, anaemic rule of law, and more pronounced faults than flawed democracies in the realms of underdeveloped political culture, low levels of participation in politics, and issues in the functioning of governance. By contrast, populist authoritarian regimes "are mobilizational regimes in which a strong, charismatic, manipulative leader rules through a coalition involving key lower-class groups. In a few cases, an answer yielding zero for one question voids another question; e.g. [128], Scholars have identified that autocracies may have an advantage when it comes to rapid industrialization. 81. Only Morocco and Tunisia fall into the hybrid regime Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. It is only concerned with political power and as long as that is not contested it gives society a certain degree of liberty. [15] Authoritarian states might contain nominally democratic institutions such as political parties, legislatures and elections which are managed to entrench authoritarian rule and can feature fraudulent, non-competitive elections. This form of government has been used in other nations, including:The Union of the Soviet Socialist RepublicsThe Greater German ReichThe National Legionary StateThe Islamic Emirate of AfghanistanThe Democratic People's Republic of KoreaThe People's Republic of ChinaThe Democratic KampucheaThe People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaThe Socialist Republic of RomaniaThe Socialist Republic of BurmaMore items Spain and Chile were downgraded from full democracies to flawed democracies, while Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and Tunisia were downgraded from flawed democracies to hybrid regimes. According to typologies in political science, most East Asian countries are considered authoritarian. The IMF recently released a study showing that economic growth in capitalist authoritarian countries averaged 6.28 per cent over the past 15 years, while liberal democracies only averaged 2. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Reports were published every two years until 2010 and annually thereafter. Four key weaknesses are manifest. "Communitarianism." Eritrea gained de facto independence in 1991 but gained de jure independence in 1993. In such countries as Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and, most recently, El Salvador, authoritarian tendencies are deeply entrenched or advancing. [39] Autocratic leaders employ tactics like murdering political opposition and paying election monitors to ensure victory. Authoritarian leaders revel in projecting an image of strength. In this comparison, a higher emphasis is placed on the public opinion and attitudes, as measured by surveys, but on the other hand, economic living-standards are not weighted as one criterion of democracy (as seemingly some other investigators have done). "[149], Michael Ignatieff wrote that Fukuyama's idea of liberalism vanquishing authoritarianism "now looks like a quaint artifact of a vanished unipolar moment"[139] and Fukuyama himself expressed concern. WebSome countries inherited democratic institutions from Britain as a result of colonialism (e.g., Canada and Australia), whereas others finally became democratic through foreign intervention following war (e.g., Germany and Japan). 2 countries, Canada and Australia. totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes (with hybrid regimes).[65][66]. [24] An authoritarian constitution "that successfully coordinates government action and defines popular expectations can also help consolidate the regime's grip on power by inhibiting re coordination on a different set of arrangements. Likewise, there are a few questions considered so important that a low score on them yields a penalty on the total score sum for their respective categories, namely: The five category indices, which are listed in the report, are then averaged to find the overall score for a given country. [129] Seymour Martin Lipset argued that low-income authoritarian regimes have certain technocratic "efficiency-enhancing advantages" over low-income democracies that gives authoritarian regimes an advantage in economic development. [74] Linz identified the two most basic subtypes as traditional authoritarian regimes and bureaucratic-military authoritarian regimes: According to Barbara Geddes, there are seven typologies of authoritarian regimes: dominant party regimes, military regime, personalist regimes, monarchies, oligarchic regimes, indirect military regimes, or hybrids of the first three. Below are the worlds most authoritarian regimes: Its no secret the Army has had a tough time recruiting young Americans into its ranks. With the exceptions mentioned below, within each category, the scores are added, multiplied by ten, and divided by the total number of questions within the category. Based on electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties, most authoritarian regimes in the world are:. The first Democracy Index report was published in 2006. [11] Algeria was upgraded again from an authoritarian regime to a hybrid regime. Authoritarian politics have thrived in the country since the 12-year civil war ended in 2005 because of repression and prosecution of political opposition efforts. Moldova was downgraded from a flawed democracy to a hybrid regime as a result of problematic elections. This type has been studied most extensively in, Racial and ethnic "democracies" are those in which "certain racial or ethnic groups enjoy full democratic rights while others are largely or entirely denied those rights", such as in. [102], Within national democratic governments, there may be subnational authoritarian enclaves. London: Routledge, 2006. A 1993 assessment of existing scholarship led Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi to conclude, "we do not know whether democracy fosters or hinders economic growth. They see the Games as a way to pursue great-power rivalry by other means. 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Nathan posits that this can be attributed to four factors such as (1) "the increasingly norm-bound nature of its succession politics"; (2) "the increase in meritocratic as opposed to factional considerations in the promotion of political elites"; (3) "the differentiation and functional specialization of institutions within the regime"; and (4) "the establishment of institutions for political participation and appeal that strengthen the CCP's legitimacy among the public at large. (3) Consequently, the utilisation of power for personal aggrandizement is more evident among authoritarians than totalitarians. Existing research suggests three explanations: (1) people in authoritarian countries lie; (2) people in authoritarian countries are indoctrinated; and (3) authoritarian governments have better performance than their democratic counterparts. It was, he said, unlike any constitution drafted by a nation-state. 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