authoritarianism
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Authoritarianism does not always arrive with a bang.
From Slate • Aug. 14, 2025
Scott Hershovitz writes: “Millions have died of Covid-19. Authoritarianism is on the rise, abroad and at home. And now there’s war, with all the death, destruction and dislocation that entails.”
From New York Times • May 21, 2022
Authoritarianism, as it is operationalized here using five questions that were reduced from the original version of the scale, likely does not fit neatly into a particular political party.
From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2020
Democracy ensures “broad protection of civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, and association,” as Levitsky and Lucan A. Way outline in “Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2018
Authoritarianism The first of the five factors Skinner cited was authoritarianism, “That was a big buzzword in social science back in the ’40s and ’50s,” he said.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2015
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