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Dictatorship

A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader who holds absolute or near-absolute political power. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled by a dictator, and they are facilitated through an inner circle of elites that includes advisers, generals, and other high-ranking officials. The dictator maintains control by influencing…

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Dictatorship

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related to Further reading · 65
Dictatorship → Alastair, Almost Always Good Politics, Anchor, April, Autocracy, Be, Behemoth, Behrends, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Bruce, Brzezinski, Bueno, Carl, Contribution, December, Democracy, Dictator, Dikötter, Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte, English
related to Bibliography · 42
Dictatorship → Barbara, Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press, Century, Communist Regimes, December, Dictators, Dictatorships, Durable Authoritarianism, Eastern Europe, Erica, European Dictatorships, Ezrow, Frantz, Galván, Geddes, Hoover Institution Press, How Dictatorships Work, ISBN, Javier
related to Early dictatorships · 21
Dictatorship → Ancient Rome, At, Caesar, Commonwealth, England, France, In Europe, Julius Caesar, Maximilien Robespierre, National Convention, Oliver Cromwell, Reign, Roman, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Second English Civil War, Second Punic War, Sulla, Terror, The
related to 21st century dictatorships · 12
Dictatorship → Another, Between, East Asia, In, Kim, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, On, The, This
related to Personalist · 10
Dictatorship → Cold War, Due, Elites, In, Personalist, Sub-Saharan Africa, The, There, These, They
related to Structure · 10
Dictatorship → Elites, Factions, Huntington, Juan José Linz, Political, Samuel, The, They, This, To
related to Economics · 9
Dictatorship → Dictators, East Asian Tigers, Economies, Exceptions, Middle Eastern, More, Most, Poverty, The
related to Elections · 9
Dictatorship → Cold War, Dictatorships, Elections, In, Most, Opposition, Semi-competitive, Should, Since
related to One-party · 9
Dictatorship → Between, Cold War, Dominant-party, Due, One-party, Ruling, Single-party, Soviet Union, The
related to Legitimacy and stability · 8
Dictatorship → According, Dictatorships, One-party, Revolutionary, Several, Stability, They, This

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dictatorships dictator power military political personalist dictators rule opposition war century elites one-party government also regimes countries party authoritarian may

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Dictatorshipis aform of government which is characterized by a leader who holds absolute or near-absolute political power0.90text
Juan José Linzinstance ofPolitical scientists0.80text
Samuel Pinstance ofPolitical scientists0.80text
coupsinstance ofThey tend to face contestation0.80text
large-scale protests at a smaller rateinstance ofThey tend to face contestation0.80text
and have more tools to thwart them when such threats emergeinstance ofThey tend to face contestation0.80text
media controlinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text
manipulation of electoral lawsinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text
restricting who may run as a candidateinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text
or disenfranchising demographics that may oppose the dictatorship.In the 20th centuryinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text
most dictatorships held elections in which voters could only choose to support the dictatorshipinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text
with only one-quarter of partisan dictatorships permitting opposition candidates to participateinstance ofuse of state resources0.80text

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