Nondemocratic Regimes - AP GOV

Nondemocratic regimes

states controlled by few individuals who exercise power WITHOUT being constitutionally responsible to the public

Totalitarianism

form of nondemocratic rule with highly centralized gov’t, strong ideology, and weaponized violence

Populism

anti-institutional ideology due to a lack of civil society in a country

coercion

compelling individuals by threatening their livelihoods

co-optation

bringing outsiders into a beneficial relationship with the regime

surveillance

watching the population and punishing state criticism

corporatism

state controls and approves all social and economic institutions (form of co-optation)

clientelism

state provides favors to those offering support (form of co-optation)

personality cults

veneration of a charismatic leader, leader is unable to be criticized

personal/monarchical rule

one leader is entrusted to run whole state

patrimonialism

leader provides benefits for a small group of supporters in exchange for obediency

military rule

militaries take power through coup d’etats and restricts civil liberties or opposing parties

bureaucratic authoritarianism

a regime that believes that a technocratic leadership can run a country without public input

one-party rule

one party monopolizes power in a country

theocracies

faith is the foundation of the state that affects all governing and decisions

illiberal or hybrid regime

institutions that seem democratic but are not respected by the public as legitimate

communism

ideology seeking to create human equality by eliminating private property and market forces

central planning

communist system where the state controls the goods that are produced

glasnost

openness for public debate

perestroika

institutional reforms by Gorbachev

shock therapy

process for fast transition from communist to free market economy, usually leading to recession