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

• Executive powerCompared with: It shows how executive authority can escape effective institutional and public constraints.

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

• Anti-fascismRelated: Anti-fascists resist the concentration of power associated with fascist rule.

• 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.

• Political extremismRelated: Authoritarian commitments commonly conflict with democratic norms that extremism rejects.

• 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.

• Constitutional democracyCompared with: It lacks the combination of accountable popular rule and enforceable rights protections.

• 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.

• Anti-authoritarianismCompared with: It names the concentrated, coercive power that anti-authoritarianism opposes.

• Brazilian democracyCompared with: It contrasts with Brazil’s constitutional commitments to elections, rights, and divided authority.

• 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.

• Limited governmentCompared with: Authoritarian rule weakens the institutional restraints central to limited government.

• Mario Vargas LlosaRelated: Dictatorship and institutional coercion drive several of his major novels.

• Philip K. DickRelated: His oppressive regimes make authoritarian control a recurring threat to ordinary life.

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

• Aristides PereiraCompared with: The one-party order under Pereira is often examined through the limits it placed on political competition.

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

• Leopoldo LugonesRelated: His late political positions complicate assessments of the relationship between literary prestige and authoritarian advocacy.

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

• Public orderCompared with: Appeals to order can serve as a rationale for suppressing opposition under authoritarian rule.

• Denis Sassou NguessoRelated: Political analysts commonly classify Congo’s system under Sassou Nguesso as authoritarian.

• Francis FukuyamaCompared with: Its persistence challenges expectations that liberal democracy will become universally dominant.

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

• Mexican transition to democracyCompared with: PRI dominance combined elections with constraints that kept national competition from being fully open.

• Open societyCompared with: Authoritarian rule limits the public criticism an open society depends on.

• Asian valuesRelated: Critics argue that Asian-values rhetoric can legitimize concentrated authority and limits on dissent.

• 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.

• ExtremismCompared with: Authoritarian rule can suppress extremism while also imposing coercive political norms of its own.

• Forbes BurnhamRelated: Critics describe Burnham’s rule through its restrictions on opposition and disputed elections.

• Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowRelated: International assessments characterized his government by concentrated power and severe political restrictions.

• Illiberal democracyCompared with: It marks the boundary where elections cease to provide meaningful competition.

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

• KleptocracyCompared with: Authoritarianism describes concentrated rule; kleptocracy identifies its extractive purpose.

• Social engineeringCompared with: Centralized authority can impose a social model without meaningful public consent.

• SupervillainRelated: Villainous schemes for absolute rule dramatize the dangers of unchecked authority.

• 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.

• Carlos Antonio LópezRelated: Constitutional institutions coexisted with López’s extensive control over political life.

• 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.

• Left-wing politicsCompared with: Left-wing egalitarian aims do not by themselves determine whether a movement rejects or embraces authoritarian rule.

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

• Nayib BukeleCompared with: Debates over whether Bukele's popularity coexists with authoritarian rule turn on this distinction.