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Authoritarianism in the discourse of online forums: A study of its articulations in the Swedish context

Nordicom Review, 2023
The overall aim of this study is to explore the authoritarian dimension in the far-right discourse of online forums. The study argues for a focus on the articulations of authoritarianism to understand the dynamics of far-right discourse.
Ekström Mats
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Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism

Politikon, 2014
This article provides an application of O’Donnell’s bureaucratic-authoritarianism theory in Turkish context though a survey of political unrest of 1970s and 1980 military coup.
Esra Simsek
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Dangerous Worldview and Perceived Sociopolitical Control: Two Mechanisms to Understand Trust in Authoritarian Political Leaders in Economically Threatening Contexts

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
In this research we analyzed the relationship between threatening economic contexts (i.e., undergoing the economic crisis and having low socioeconomic status) and trust in authoritarian ideologies and leaders, regardless of the left–right political axis.
Laura C. Torres-Vega, Josefa Ruiz, Miguel Moya   +2 more
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Algorithmic Bias as a Core Legal Dilemma in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Conceptual Basis and the Current State of Regulation

Laws
This article examines algorithmic bias as a pressing legal challenge, situating the issue within the broader context of artificial intelligence (AI) governance. We employed comparative legal analysis and reviewed pertinent regulatory documents to examine
Gergely Ferenc Lendvai, Gergely Gosztonyi   +1 more
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Authoritarianism and Deliberative Democracy: Responding to Our Current Political Times and Contexts

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2018
This article introduces the special issue on Deliberative Democracy in an Era of Authoritarianism. The essay highlights the relationship between authoritarianism and democracy, and discusses concerns about the current rise in authoritarianism in ...
Laura Black, Timothy J. Shaffer
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How democracy and authoritarianism impact nations’ QOL and happiness: Applying complexity theory tenets in building and testing case-based models

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2023
Applying complexity theory tenets in analyzing findings from prior research on the impacts of democracy and authoritarianism on countries’ quality-of-life and happiness inform answering this question accurately.
Arch G. Woodside, Pedro Mir-Bernal, Teresa Sádaba   +2 more
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Why Do Autocrats Need Elections? Political Science about the Role of Elections in Authoritarianism

Сравнительная политика, 2020
Relatively recently, students of authoritarianism have not paid much attention to institutions. It was believed that since authoritarian rule is generally an arbitrariness, its institutionalism is not really important.
Yu. S. Medvedev
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The rise of digital authoritarianism: Evolving threats to media and Internet freedoms in Pakistan [PDF]

World of Media, 2021
Digital authoritarianism poses increasing challenges within both autocratic and democratic regimes. The evolving mechanisms of digital authoritarianism surpass national boundaries.
Sadia Jamil
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Serbia during Milosevic’s rule and after [PDF]

Sociološki Pregled, 2005
The article looks into the nature of the Serbian political regime under Milosevic and under Đinđić. After the discussion on the suitability of various types of definition of non-democratic regime, the article classifies both regimes as hybrid democracies
Pavlović Dušan
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Boys, girls, and children: gender and question-wording in the measurement of authoritarianism

Political Science Research and Methods
The standard measure of authoritarianism asks respondents about desirable qualities in children. Although these questions are gender-neutral, respondents may differ in the gender of the child in their heads when answering.
David A.M. Peterson, Carrie Swartz
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