What is Authoritarian Democratism?
Authoritarian democratism is the centre of the authoritarian band: elections or parties exist, but a strong executive, security services, or national culture set the limits of debate. Economically it is mixed rather than socialist or laissez-faire.
Core principles
- Strong executive
- Managed elections
- Mixed economy
On the PoliMap chart this cell runs from -2 to 2 on the economic axis and 2 to 6 on the social axis. Negative economic scores are left; positive social scores are authoritarian.
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