Understanding and challenging authoritarianism

Authoritarianism is typically understood as a form of government or politics that concentrates power, minimises political pluralism and represses civil society.

Understanding And Interrupting Authoritarian Collaboration | IFES

While some examples of successful challenges to authoritarian collaboration were highlighted herein, the threat posed by authoritarian collaboration continues ...

The Politics of Authoritarian Rule | Department of Political Science

... authoritarian control. A second, separate challenge arises from the elites with whom dictators rule - this is the problem of authoritarian power-sharing.

Authoritarianism - Transnational Institute

Understanding and challenging authoritarianism Workshop report, June 2017 · The Battle for a New World The Progressive Response to the New Right · Sentinels of ...

How (not) to engage with authoritarian states

Disengaging from authoritarian regimes is not really an option, which means that it is imperative to develop a better understanding of the ...

Fighting Corruption is Key to Countering Authoritarianism, and ...

Authoritarian leaders are continuously devising new methods of corruption. Governments, civil society, policymakers, and businesses must ...

Sharper: The Authoritarianism Challenge - CNAS

Autocratic leadership is on the rise globally. Even in democratic nations, leaders are eroding checks on their power and weakening institutions.

Understanding and Interrupting Authoritarian Collaboration | IFES

When authoritarian regimes work together, they strengthen their international political standing and legitimacy, undermine regional ...

Authoritarianism, explained - Protect Democracy

Authoritarianism's global rise demands a response, and understanding exactly what it is is crucial to figuring out how to stop it. These tactics ...

Authoritarianism - Wikipedia

Authoritarian states might contain nominally democratic institutions such as political parties, legislatures and elections which are managed to entrench ...

Authoritarianism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts - Britannica

Authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action.

Understanding authoritarianism - Yale Jackson School of Global ...

An expert on authoritarian regimes and transitions to democracy, Jackson School professor Jennifer Gandhi is investigating what we understand about autocracies.

Uprooting Authoritarianism | Columbia Journal of Race and Law

Most analyses and proposals for challenging authoritarianism leave intact the underlying foundations that give rise to this social ...

Defending Liberal Democracy from the Slide Toward Authoritarianism

It is hard for a scholar of democracy to issue a blanket condemnation of ... understanding of the country's history, which may also soft-pedal or even ...

Call for Papers: Understanding and challenging authoritarianism

Our goal is to produce a series of popular primers, articles, multimedia and artistic collaborations that can equip social movements with the analysis and ideas ...

Authoritarianism - ECPS - European Center for Populism Studies

It uses political parties and mass organizations to mobilize people around the goals of the regime. A prominent justification for authoritarianism is the view ...

Lessons on challenging authoritarianism from the Hungarian ...

A leading Hungarian organizer and teacher discusses the struggle to defend public education from Orban's increasingly authoritarian government.

New Authoritarianism: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st century

The authos deal with comparative aspects of contemporary authoritarianism. Authoritarian tendencies have appeared in several “old democracies" but their ma.

Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy

In recent years, as leading authoritarian countries such as China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela have become emboldened within the global arena, ...

Full article: Authoritarian power and contestation beyond the state

They propose an understanding of authoritarian power as transregionally interlinked, which enables an exploration of the multiple entanglements ...