Non-Democratic Regimes UNFIN

Question 1

authoritarianism

Answer 1

• limited to no political pluralism (no contestation)
• leaders not constitutionally responsible to public
• limits on individual freedoms
• russia, belarus, china, syria

Question 2

totalitarianism

Answer 2

-elimination of all social, political pluralism
-subordination of individuals to regimes
limits economic pluralism
-totalizng, utopian ideology
-mobilizations, citizens denounce neighbors
-north korea, nazi germany

Question 3

competitive authoritarianism

Answer 3

-formal elements of democracy
-processes of democracy are violated in substance
blurred boundaries, (corruption tends to obfuscate itself)
-not free/partly free
-frequent in sub-saharan africa, nigeria

Question 4

military regimes

Answer 4

burma- military junta until 2011

Question 5

single party regime

Answer 5

communist china, syria

Question 6

resource curse

Answer 6

• oil reliant states tend not to be democratic
• more revenue generating resources = less need to tax population = people don’t make demands of government
• resources go to security forces to keep you in power
• raises political stakes for control
• corruption and conflict
• nigerian conflict over oil