competitive authortarianism

Question 1

democratic breakdown

Answer 1

democratic to non democratic regime

Question 2

democratic backsliding

Answer 2

eroison of democ and weakening of checks and balances

Question 3

theocracy

Answer 3

authoritarian state controlled by religious leaders or which uses religion as its primary mode of legitimation

Question 4

party dictatorships

Answer 4

undemocratic political system controlled by one party. there is no space for interest groups or politicsal moveemnt outside the party

Question 5

military dictatorships

Answer 5

the military provides the rulers. decision making is centralized under military junta rule. they are established after a coup d etat (overthrow)

Question 6

personalistic dictatorship

Answer 6

a form of authoism in which the dictators personality and personal traits are of great signifigance

Question 7

bureaucratic authosim

Answer 7

autho regime in which the state is controlled more by a group of elites (military)

Question 8

hybrid regimes

Answer 8

neither fully democratic or authoritarian

usualy gain/keep power through electoral fraud,corruption, legal maneuovers

Question 9

forms of hybrid regimes

Answer 9

illberal democracy, delegative democracry, competative autho

Question 10

competative autho

Answer 10

• hold regluar elections

-opposition parties use democratic institutions to contest seriously for power. they are not demo becuase the playing feild is heavily skwed in favour of incumbents

Question 11

why could CA be a subtype in 21st century

Answer 11

illiberal democracy - focuses on suppression of liberties = not the unfair electoral ground

captures trainsition to authoism from a tormented democ

helps highlight where formal democratic mechanisms surivive and autho incumbents keep pushing

Question 12

hungary

Answer 12

champions of liberal reforms in 1990s