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The 138 pages that link to Authoritarianism, each with the reason it gives.

• Political repressionNarrower topic: Authoritarian rule often weakens protections against coercive control of opposition.

• FascismNarrower topic: Fascism is authoritarian, but its mass mobilization and rebirth myth distinguish it from authoritarian rule generally.

• Self-censorshipNarrower topic: Authoritarian rule can make anticipated state punishment a powerful reason to self-censor.

• StalinismNarrower topic: It is a broader category that includes Stalinist rule without defining its communist ideology.

• Coup d'étatNarrower topic: Coups often dismantle electoral constraints and create openings for authoritarian rule.

• SuhartoNarrower topic: Suharto’s regime is a prominent example of authoritarian rule.

• LegalismNarrower topic: Legalist statecraft belongs to a broader family of arguments for concentrated political authority.

• Institutional Revolutionary PartyNarrower topic: The PRI’s dominance is often analyzed as authoritarian rule maintained through institutions rather than permanent military government.

• Ferdinand MarcosNarrower topic: Marcos’s rule is a Philippine example of this broader form of government.

• Xi JinpingNarrower topic: Xi’s leadership is commonly analyzed within this broader form of rule.

• Muammar GaddafiNarrower topic: Despite claims of popular rule, Gaddafi’s system concentrated authority and suppressed dissent.

• Kim Jong IlNarrower topic: Kim’s family-centered one-party state was a distinctive form of authoritarian rule.

• Lee Kuan YewNarrower topic: Critics use this broader category to characterize constraints on dissent during Lee’s rule.

• Kim Jong UnNarrower topic: It describes the broader political form within which Kim Jong Un exercises authority.

• Ba'athist IraqNarrower topic: Ba'athist Iraq was authoritarian, but its party-state structure and nationalist claims gave it a distinctive form.

• BonapartismNarrower topic: Bonapartism is a historically specific French tradition within the broader family of authoritarian politics.

• Hu JintaoNarrower topic: Hu’s rule maintained one-party political control despite economic modernization.

• New OrderNarrower topic: The New Order is a national example of authoritarian rule.

• Equatorial GuineaNarrower topic: This broader category helps characterize Equatorial Guinea’s highly centralized political system.

• Meles ZenawiNarrower topic: Critics used this framework to describe restrictions under Zenawi’s government.

• Personalist dictatorshipNarrower topic: Personalist dictatorship is one arrangement within the broader family of authoritarian regimes.

• Carl SchmittNarrower topic: Schmitt’s arguments about dictatorship and emergency authority are central to debates about authoritarian rule.

• Daniel OrtegaNarrower topic: Critics and human-rights organizations describe Ortega’s later rule in these terms.

• Plaek PhibunsongkhramNarrower topic: Phibun’s rule depended on concentrated executive power and limits on political opposition.

• Authoritarian personalityNarrower topic: The personality concept is one psychological account of a broader orientation toward authority and conformity.

• Ba'ath PartyNarrower topic: Both ruling branches restricted opposition, exposing the gap between liberationist language and political practice.

• Eduard ShevardnadzeNarrower topic: Critics used this framework to describe entrenched patronage and weak democratic accountability during his presidency.

• Nursultan NazarbayevNarrower topic: Scholars commonly analyze Nazarbayev’s governing system through this broader category.

• Hosni MubarakNarrower topic: Mubarak’s presidency is commonly analyzed as an authoritarian system.

• Peaceful transfer of powerNarrower topic: Where competition is tightly restricted, changes in leadership need not amount to a genuine transfer of power.

• VanguardismNarrower topic: Critics connect vanguard rule to authoritarian outcomes when party leadership becomes insulated from popular control.

• AutocracyNarrower topic: Autocracy is commonly treated as a form of authoritarian rule.

• Jorge UbicoNarrower topic: Ubico’s personalist rule exemplified authoritarian government in Central America.

• Ramzan KadyrovNarrower topic: Kadyrov’s government is commonly described as authoritarian.

• Anastasio Somoza DebayleNarrower topic: Somoza’s rule concentrated authority while limiting organized opposition.

• Franjo TuđmanNarrower topic: Critics describe aspects of Tuđman’s rule as authoritarian, citing concentrated power and pressure on media.

• José Gaspar Rodríguez de FranciaNarrower topic: Francia’s dictatorship is a prominent early example of centralized authoritarian rule in South America.

• Libya under Muammar GaddafiNarrower topic: The regime’s actual concentration of power fits this broader political category.

• Political purgeNarrower topic: Purges can strengthen authoritarian rule by eliminating organized challenges to concentrated power.

• Islam KarimovNarrower topic: Karimov’s government restricted opposition and concentrated decision-making in the presidency.

• Omar BongoNarrower topic: Bongo maintained presidential dominance while limiting effective opposition.

• Joaquín BalaguerNarrower topic: His governments combined formal elections with repression and constrained opposition.

• Blaise CompaoréNarrower topic: The concept frames debates about political competition during Compaoré’s extended tenure.

• Emomali RahmonNarrower topic: Analysts commonly describe Tajikistan under Rahmon as an authoritarian political system.

• Jean-Claude DuvalierNarrower topic: Duvalier’s rule rested on restricted opposition and concentrated presidential power.

• Xi Jinping ThoughtNarrower topic: This broader category helps situate the doctrine’s defense of centralized one-party rule.

• Andrés RodríguezNarrower topic: Rodríguez’s government loosened authoritarian controls without immediately ending one-party dominance.

• Gnassingbé EyadémaNarrower topic: Eyadéma’s government maintained power through restricted competition and concentrated executive authority.

• Ibrahim NasirNarrower topic: Restrictions on opposition and political freedoms are central to critical assessments of Nasir’s rule.

• Maximiliano Hernández MartínezNarrower topic: His presidency is a national case of authoritarian rule.