authoritarian power
1Authoritarian personality — This article describes the psychological trait of authoritarianism. For the form of government that bears the same name, see Authoritarianism The authoritarian personality is an influential theory of personality developed by University of… …
2authoritarian — authoritarianism, n. /euh thawr i tair ee euhn, euh thor /, adj. 1. favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes. 2. of or pertaining to a governmental… …
3Power-Distance Index - PDI — An index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation, business or culture. The power distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary… …
4authoritarian — adjective Date: 1879 1. of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority < had authoritarian parents > 2. of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people < an… …
5authoritarian regime — noun a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people • Syn: ↑authoritarian state • Hypernyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime …
6authoritarian state — noun a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people • Syn: ↑authoritarian regime • Hypernyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime …
7Infrastructural power — is the capacity of the state to penetrate civil society and to use this penetration to enforce policy throughout its entire territory. [1] The concept of infrastructural power was introduced by sociologist Michael Mann in his article The… …
8United States support of authoritarian regimes — The United States government has provided material support to authoritarian regimes. Although many believe that this contradicted the political ideals espoused by the U.S. following the Cold War, American officials supported such regimes because… …
9The Authoritarian Personality — (TAP) is an influential 1950 book by Theodor W. Adorno, Else Frenkel Brunswik, Daniel Levinson, and Nevitt Sanford, researchers working at the University of California at Berkeley, during and shortly after World War II. The personality type they… …
10People Power Revolution — The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of nonviolent and prayerful mass street demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1986.Citation |last=Zunes |first=Stephen …
