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Authoritarianism exists in bureaucratic, military, or technocratic governments. These regimes are undemocratic, self-chosen, and elite-ruled; do not respond to the popular will; and engineer popular consent and base their power on monopolizing the means and use of force. Totalitarianism is an extreme form of authoritarianism (in Cuba, China, Serbia, and Croatia). Under totalitarianism, nothing is free from state control. Communications, unions, schools, parties, and property use are controlled via a security apparatus to ensure engineered consent. Opposition groups are driven underground; national patriotism stifles dissent. Authoritarian regimes do not respect democratic principles of freedom, equality, human rights, or popular participation.
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© 2000 Russell F. Farnen and Jos D. Meloen
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Farnen, R.F., Meloen, J.D. (2000). International and Cross-National Research Findings on Authoritarianism: Regimes and Individuals. In: Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-63025-7_5
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