.png){kind=icon}
Chapter 7
Learning Objectives
- Understand how political scientists think about authoritarian regimes, including differences between many key types of authoritarian regimes.
- Understand how political scientists try to address the many “hybrid” regimes present in today’s world
- Learn the major theories that try to explain why some regimes are authoritarian.
Key Concepts
- Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Regimes
- Transitions to Authoritarian Regimes
- Totalitarian Regimes
- Theocracies
- Personalistic Dictatorships
- Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes
- Hybrid and Semi-authoritarian Regimes
- Authoritarian Persistence
- Democratic Breakdown
- Transition to Hybrid or Semi-authoritarian Regime