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The Authoritarian Temptation

The Age of Authoritarian Democracy

But, though Chinese government always was authoritarian, it was not always as corrupt as it is now. Nor were China s politics always as lawless.

A. The demise of an authoritarian regime

According to an alarming poll published recently by the leading Italian newspaper La Repubblica, more than 22 of Italians find no great differences between an authoritarian and a democratic system of government. Another 10 believe that an authoritarian regime is better and more effective than a democratic political system.

Lisa has a very difficult time with authoritarian figures.

Nationalism is often fed by a sense of impotence. When citizens feel disempowered by an authoritarian government, the next best thing is to feel empowered by national prowess.

So why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

A. The demise of an authoritarian regime . 37 42 12

However, it is de facto superseded by Dheere's authoritarian leadership style.

Statically, China is a one party system, authoritarian there's no question about it.

Dynamically, it has changed over time to become less authoritarian and more democratic.

Now that is pretty authoritarian, and that's something I'm very much critical of.

Ms. Chung gave examples of companies working with authoritarian regimes such as Myanmar.

For each of these successful authoritarian governments in East Asia, there's a matched failure.

Poverty, extreme inequality and public corruption have fuelled authoritarian rule and violence for decades.

The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction.

Some of these economies were ruled by authoritarian governments in the 60s and 70s and 1980s.

For decades, we have lived under authoritarian regimes in the Arab world, in the Middle East.

But a look at the record shows that democracies possess more effective weapons to fight terror than do authoritarian regimes. Indeed, it is when democracies abandon their ethics and fail to resist the authoritarian temptation that they become weaker.

In his first term, Putin appeared to be an authoritarian reformer, undertaking substantial market reforms, such as introducing a 13 flat income tax. But in his second term, Putin was simply authoritarian, undertaking no economic or social reforms worth mentioning.

Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed.

Iraq is not like Vietnam, where American departure was followed by stability imposed by an authoritarian government. In Iraq, the danger is that departure could be followed by civil war and chaos ideal conditions for terrorists to maintain havens.

BERLIN Regardless of whether democratization in the new Middle East succeeds or authoritarian forms of government prevail once again, one fundamental change has already become clear no one will be able to govern without taking into account domestic public opinion.

And this actually fits with another interesting theory about what's happening in authoritarian states and in their cyberspace.

I'll just give you a very short list of reasons why authoritarian deliberation may actually help the dictators.

Western capitalism s model of a society based on near universal affluence and liberal democracy looks increasingly ineffective compared to the competition. Authoritarian countries middle classes may push their leaders toward greater democracy, as in Russia, but Western democracies will also likely become more authoritarian.

Third, the working group could consider situations where authoritarian States facilitated or accelerated human rights violations committed by corporations.

71. The difficult relations between State and society in Africa owe much to the authoritarian legacy of colonial governance.

When she was planting those trees, I don't think most people understand that, at the same time, she was using the action of getting people together to plant those trees to talk about how to overcome the authoritarian government in her country.

And it is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so called Islamic regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Iran and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that.

Most governments followed the dictate of the authoritarian leaders to stay away from these different groups, because they were terrorists.

So that's why I've always been fascinated with how technology could actually reshape and open up authoritarian societies like ours.

South Korean students filling the streets of Seoul in 1986 could not have ended the authoritarian military government either. Again, it was a combination of events pressure from the United States, the impending Olympic Games, and the presence of plausible opposition politicians that did it.

TRIPOLI With the creation of a new government, Libya s leaders should finally be able to focus on organizing the transition from the authoritarian state that they inherited to the more pluralistic one they envisage. But are they really able and willing to achieve that goal?

BERKELEY In 1883, the authoritarian imperial government of Prince Otto von Bismarck who famously declared, It is not by speeches and majority votes that the great issues of our time will be decided but by blood and iron established national health insurance for Germany.

These forces are present but are still quite weak and in constant danger nationalistic and authoritarian tendencies are still too strong.

Paradoxically, in the pessimistic scenario, Iran s new government, controlled by conservatives and hardliners, actually fits into the region better than the current one. After all, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and many other Arab states are also ruled by authoritarian hardliners with little interest in de escalating regional conflicts.

So those who believe that the removal of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi s government was justified have a point. As the Muslim Brotherhood s rule became increasingly authoritarian, it trampled on the ideals and aspirations of the Tahrir Square revolution that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

Daniel Libeskind Look. We have to cure ourselves of the notion that we are authoritarian, that we can determine everything that happens.

Examples of this corruption inducing situation are found in authoritarian regimes where powers are concentrated in the hands of very few persons.

And finally, the purpose of any authoritarian deliberation efforts is usually to increase the legitimacy of the regimes, both at home and abroad.

The real problem is that China s authoritarian system faces little opposition when it decides to bulldoze a shantytown that stands in the way of a new airport. India s government, by contrast, has neither the power nor the inclination to trample over poor people to make rich people richer.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin s corrupt and authoritarian rule demonstrates every day, that transition is far from finished. Yet there is some good news.