Modern Nondemocratic Regimes - Linz & Stepan

Question 1

Authoritarian regime

Answer 1

political systems with limited, not responsible, political pluralism, without elaborate and guiding ideology, but with distinctive mentalities, low political mobilization, and a leader who exercises power within predictable limits

Question 2

5 major regime types

Answer 2

1: democracy
2: totalitarianism
3: post-totalitarianism
4: authoritarianism
5: sultanistic

Question 3

Sultanism

Answer 3

(Weber) an extreme case of patrimonialism in which traditional domination develops an administration and a military force which are purely personal instruments of the master; no rule of law; very difficult to transition out of