Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism
This article applies to political ideologies. For information on authoritarianism in psychology see Authoritarian Personality. The term a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarianism - Actions Of Authoritarian Governments
There exists a gradation in authoritarianism, as well as a variety of possible authoritarian behaviors. Authoritarianism may exist under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarianism - Actions Of Authoritarian Governments
There exists a gradation in authoritarianism, as well as a variety of possible authoritarian behaviors. Authoritarianism may exist under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Authoritarianism
In punk thought, authority corrupts humans to intolerable extremes. Police, religion, governments, and any other institution that has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarianism - Authoritarianism And Ideology
Authoritarianism often arises from the governing bodies' presumption that they know what is right or wrong for the country and from intol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-authoritarian: Encyclopedia - Anti-authoritarian
Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as "concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Of August Regime: Encyclopedia - 4th Of August Regime
From 1936 to 1941, Greece was ruled by a authoritarian regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas akin to that of Franco's Sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autocracy: Encyclopedia - Autocracy
Autocracy is a form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. An emperor may rise to power through heredity,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion
The criticism of religion includes criticism of the concept of religion itself, criticism of the practice of religion, and criticism of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia - Presidential System
A presidential system, or a congressional system, is a system of government of a republic where the executive branch is elected separatel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany
The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarian Personality: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarian Personality - Theory Of The Authoritarian Personality
Those persons who cling to fascist ideologies, according to the theory, distinguish themselves through their inappropriate, prejudice-lad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarian Personality: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarian Personality - Psychoanalytic Aspect
Adorno and his colleagues regarded the fundamental basis of this presumed system of personality qualities and its linkage to certain atti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarian Personality: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarian Personality - History Of The Term
Although the first usage of the term "authoritarian personality" goes back to Abraham Maslow in 1943, whose work in turn rests upon Erich...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Wing Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Wing Authoritarianism - History Of The Rwa Theory
The RWA construct was refined by Robert Altemeyer, drawing on Adorno's post-WWII research on the concept of an authoritarian personality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Federation Of Conservative Students: Encyclopedia Ii - Federation Of Conservative Students - The Authoritarian Faction
The authoritarian faction centered around the student Monday Club. There was an alleged but unproved crossover between the membership of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Religion - Authoritarian
The term authoritarian is used to describe an organization, an institution or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive meas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-left Anarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-left Anarchy - Conflicts With Authoritarian Leftism
Post-leftists argue that anarchism has been weakened by its long attachment to contrary "leftist" movements and single-issue causes (anti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Of August Regime: Encyclopedia Ii - 4th Of August Regime - Greek Authoritarianism
The Metaxas regime sought to comprehensively change Greece, and therefore instituted controls on Greek society, politics, language, and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - Between Coup D'etat And Authoritarian Democracy
Following Brüning's resignation, the Centre Party entered the opposition. Though they also opposed the National Socialists, their energi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Federation Of Conservative Students: Encyclopedia Ii - Federation Of Conservative Students - Factionalism
In its last years, the Federation of Conservative Students, perhaps reflecting the debate within the Conservative party of the 1980s and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Crime - Terrorism
People convicted or suspected of certain crimes qualified of terrorism by the government of their country (or some foreign countries) ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Crime - Discussion
At one extreme, crimes such as treason, sedition, and terrorism are political because they represent a direct challenge to the government...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Federation Of Conservative Students: Encyclopedia Ii - Federation Of Conservative Students - The Wet Faction
The wet faction had controlled the Federation of Conservative Students until the 1980s. Most of whom were members of the Tory Reform Grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hilaire Belloc: Encyclopedia Ii - Hilaire Belloc - Life
See Hilaire Belloc's books for about 150 titles He was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud France (next to Versailles and near Paris) to a Frenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hilaire Belloc: Encyclopedia Ii - Hilaire Belloc - Writing
His best travel writing and his works for children have secured a permanent following. The Path to Rome (1902), an account of a walking t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-left Anarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-left Anarchy - Proponents And Detractors
The ideas associated with Post-left anarchy have been criticized by other anarchists, notably Murray Bookchin. Bookchin's polemic, Social...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Perceived Disadvantages Of Presidential Systems
Critics generally claim three basic disadvantages for presidential systems: Tendency towards authoritarianism — some political scienti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Emperor Of The French
Napoleon III of France - Authoritarian Empire. New constitutional statutes were passed which officially maintained an elected Parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Militarism
Punk ideology uncompromisingly rejects the use of military force. To punks, the military is the most extreme form of authoritarianism. Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Emperor Of The French
Napoleon III of France - Authoritarian Empire. New constitutional statutes were passed which officially maintained an elected Parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Of August Regime: Encyclopedia Ii - 4th Of August Regime - The End Of The Fourth Of August Regime
Foreign policy was one of the main concerns of the Fourth of August regime. Metaxas, who had studied in Germany as a youth was pro-German...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Of August Regime: Encyclopedia Ii - 4th Of August Regime - Origins Of The Regime
Metaxas imposed his regime primarily to fight the turbulent social situation prevalent in Greece in the 1930s, in which political faction...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1918–1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1918–1939 - Interwar Poland
Piłsudski's first task was to reunite the Polish regions that had assumed various economic and political identities since the partition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1918–1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1918–1939 - Interwar Poland
Piłsudski's first task was to reunite the Polish regions that had assumed various economic and political identities since the partition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Religion - Social Construct
One criticism of religion is the proposition that religion is a social construct and thus is just another human ideology. Under this view...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Democracies With A Presidential System Of Government
United States of America, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Philippines, Argentina, Peru, Chile, & Afghanistan, most states in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Dominance Orientation: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Dominance Orientation - Group-based Or Individual Dominance?
Robert Altemeyer construes SDO as a measure which includes aspects of personal dominance, so that high-SDO individuals will aspire to gai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Religion - Moral Deficiency
Critics claim dogmatic religions are typically morally deficient, elevating to moral status lots of ancient and ill-informed rules that m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Religion - Narcissism
Every religion considers its teachings or relevations to be that which is the closest to the universal truths and that of other religions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Religion - Opium Of The People
Marx believed religion to be a social construct, and furthermore, that religion is harmful to humanity because it dissuades the oppressed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Types Of Presidents
Many countries with a president as head of state do not operate under what is described as a presidential system. Many parliamentary nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Perceived Advantages Of Presidential Systems
Supporters generally claim four basic advantages for presidential systems: Direct mandate — in a presidential system, the president is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Differences From A Cabinet System
A number of key theoretical differences exist between a presidential and a cabinet system: In a presidential system, the central princip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - The Reality
In reality, elements of both systems overlap. Though a president in a presidential system does not have to choose a government answerable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Legacy
An important legacy of Napoléon's III reign was the rebuilding of Paris. Part of the design decisions were taken in order to reduce the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Religion
Many punk songs have lamented the conformity that religion inspires and the coercive authority of the Church. Most punks adhere to a uniq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Opinions
Napoléon III, to this day, has not enjoyed the prestige that Napoléon I enjoyed. Victor Hugo portrayed him as "Napoléon the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Early Life
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, as he was known before becoming emperor, was the son of Hortense de Beauharnais, who was the daughter of Napol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - President Of The French Republic
Louis-Napoléon lived in Great Britain until the revolution of February 1848 in France deposed King Louis Phillipe and established a Repu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Demise
Napoléon III paid the price for his Austrian blunder in 1870 when, forced by the diplomacy of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Links To Songs
Punk ideology - On The Decline Of Man. The Decline, The Decline, NOFX Punk ideology - On Government. A Commercial, Bedtime for Dem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - Out Of The Tower!
The Kulturkampf had re-inforced the Catholic character of the Centre Party, but even during it Ludwig Windthorst had defended the party a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Early Life And Career
Born in the village of Scorniceşti in the region of Oltenia, Ceauşescu moved to Bucharest at the age of 11 to become a shoemaker's appr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Leadership Of Romania
Three days after the death of Gheorghiu-Dej in March 1965, Ceauşescu became first secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party. One of his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Ethics
As explained in the other sections of this article, punk ideology sees the world as deeply corrupt. Because of this worldview, a distinct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Leadership Weaknesses
Ceauşescu's Stalinist control of every aspect of religious life, education, commercial, social and civic further aggravated the situatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Criticisms Of Punk Ideology
Punk is critical of the state of society, irrespective of whether it's Hardline, Nazi Punk or Queercore. However, it has been criticised,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Other Punk Ideologies
Punk is typically seen as having an affinity with radical left-wing or progressive politics, but there are several important exceptions t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Tensions Grow
By 1989, Ceauşescu was showing signs of complete denial of reality. While the country was going through extremely difficult times with l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Coup
See main article Romanian Revolution of 1989. The events of December 1989 remain controversial. Many, including Filip Teodorescu, a high-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Summary
Since the mid 1970's, punk has been in the political crossfire between left and right. From the clashes between TheSocialist Workers Part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - A Rough Sketch Of Ceauşism
While the term Ceauşism became widely used inside Romania, usually as a pejorative, it never achieved status in academia. This feature c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Politics
The political ideology most often associated with punk is that of anarchism. A lot of punk activism has been done in support of anarchist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Conformity
Conformity and non-conformity create one of the most misunderstood issues in Punk ideology. The real issue behind the Punk movement is fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Selling Out
The issues surrounding the act of compromising one's ethical parameters in exchange for personal gain are of particular relevance to punk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - The Media
Punks often portray the mass media as a dangerous instrument of social control. Television is, for the most part seen as a waste of time ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Environmentalism
Many punks are practicing environmentalists. "While there will always be different opinions coming from under the punk banner, the most e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punk Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Punk Ideology - Aesthetics
Punk ideology - Music. In its almost three decades of existence, punk music has evolved and mutated to create a diversity of sounds. Pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - Origins Of Political Catholicism
The Centre Party belongs to the political spectrum of Political Catholicism that, emerging in the early 19th century after the turmoil of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The Soest Programme And The Founding Of The Centre Party
Growing anti-Catholic sentiment and policies, including plans for dissolving all monasteries in Prussia, made it clear that 'group' reorg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - Kulturkampf
In the age of nationalism, Protestant Germans, whether Conservative like Otto von Bismarck) or Liberal, accused the Centre of Ultramontan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - In War And Revolution
The party supported the government upon the outbreak of World War I, but it also used the debates about war bonds to push for a repeal of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - In The Weimar Republic
The Centre Party, whose pragmatic principles generally left it open to supporting either a monarchical or republican form of government, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The Brüning Administration
In 1930 the Grand Coalition fell apart and the Centre's Heinrich Brüning, from the moderate conservative wing of the party, was appointe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The Hitler Government And New Elections
Meanwhile Papen had formed an intrigue to oust his successor. He conferred with Hugenberg and industrial magnates and bankers and after a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The Enabling Act
The government confronted the newly elected Reichstag with the Enabling Act that would have vested the government with legislative powers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The End Of The Centre Party
With the passing of the Enabling Act the Centre Party had in fact acquiesced in its own demise, as it had played the part Hitler had assi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - Refounding And Post-war History
After the war, the Centre party was refounded, but it was confronted with emergence the Christian Democratic Union, a new party formed as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre Party Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Centre Party Germany - The Soest Programme And The Founding Of The Centre Party
Growing anti-Catholic sentiment and policies, including plans for dissolving all monasteries in Prussia, made it clear that 'group' reorg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Ceauşescu's Statesmanship
Under Ceauşescu, Romania was Europe's fourth biggest exporter of weapons. Nevertheless, several of Ceauşescu's actions suggest that one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Foreign Debt
Despite his increasingly totalitarian rule, Ceauşescu's political independence from the Soviet Union and his protests against the invasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Revolution
Ceauşescu's regime collapsed after a series of violent events in Timişoara and Bucharest in December 1989. In November 1989 the XIVth C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - The End Of Ceauşescu
Ceauşescu and his wife Elena fled the capital by helicopter together with Emil Bobu and Manea Manescu. They headed for Ceauşescu's Snag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Other
The Ceauşescus had one adopted son, Valentin Ceauşescu (he was adopted in order to give a personal example of how people should take ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylon 5: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylon 5 - Themes
Through its ongoing story arc, Babylon 5 found ways to portray themes relevant to modern social issues. Babylon 5 - Authoritarianism vs....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fan Criticism Of George Lucas: Encyclopedia Ii - Fan Criticism Of George Lucas - Aspects Of Lucas's Work Targeted By Critics
Following is a list of topics which have inspired negative criticism from Star Wars fans. Fan criticism of George Lucas - Ewoks. The ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Early Life And Career
Born in the village of Scorniceşti, Olt County (in the informal region of Oltenia), Ceauşescu moved to Bucharest at the age of 11 to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Leadership Of Romania
Three days after the death of Gheorghiu-Dej in March 1965, Ceauşescu became first secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party. One of his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Ceauşescu's Statesmanship
Under Ceauşescu, Romania was Europe's fourth biggest exporter of weapons. Nevertheless, several of Ceauşescu's actions suggest that one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Foreign Debt
Despite his increasingly totalitarian rule, Ceauşescu's political independence from the Soviet Union and his protests against the invasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Leadership Weaknesses
Ceauşescu's Stalinist control of every aspect of religious, educational, commercial, social, and civic life further aggravated the situa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Tensions Grow
By 1989, Ceauşescu was showing signs of complete denial of reality. While the country was going through extremely difficult times with l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Revolution
Ceauşescu's regime collapsed after a series of violent events in Timişoara and Bucharest in December 1989. In November 1989 the XIVth C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - Coup
See main article Romanian Revolution of 1989. The events of December 1989 remain controversial. Many, including Filip Teodorescu, a high-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolae Ceauşescu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolae Ceauşescu - The End Of Ceauşescu
Ceauşescu and his wife Elena fled the capital by helicopter together with Emil Bobu and Manea Manescu. They headed for Ceauşescu's Snag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Authoritarianism: Social Studies Dictionary - Authoritarianism
Definition and meaning of Authoritarianism   Authoritarianism - [Government] Authoritarianism is a type of government where an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Authoritarianism: Social Studies Dictionary - Authoritarianism
Definition and meaning of Authoritarianism   Authoritarianism - [Government] Authoritarianism is a type of government where an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Superhuman Beings Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Superhuman Beings
Superhuman Beings Dream Symbols: May symbolize authority and wisdom. But be careful not to relinquish your own inner wisdom in favor o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authoritarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Authoritarianism - Economic Arguments For Authoritarianism
One controversial belief, especially in Asia, is that countries with authoritarian regimes are more likely to be economically successful ...   » Read the article