Authoritarian Country

Context:
- It can (typically) be led by an Authoritarian Government.
- It can (often) follow an Authoritarian Ideology.
- It can range from being a Market-Oriented Authoritarian State to being a Socialist Authoritarian State.
- It can range from being an Autocratic State to being Oligarchic State.
- It can range from being a Dominant-party System State or the Military Dictatorship State.
- It can range from being a Populist Authoritarian Country to being a Technocratic Authoritarian Country.
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Example(s):
- a Fascist State, such as: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain.
- a Politically Authoritarian State, such as during Meiji Japan, Bismarckian Germany, 1980s Singapore, 1980s Thailand.
- a Market-Oriented Authoritarian States, such as: Franco’s Spain, 1980s South Korea, or 1980s Brazil.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Fully-Democratic Country.
- a Liberal Country.
See: Fascist Country, Failed Democracy.

References

(Huang, 2017) ⇒ Haifeng Huang. (2017). “A War of (mis) Information: The Political Effects of Rumors and Rumor Rebuttals in An Authoritarian Country.” British Journal of Political Science 47, no. 2
- QUOTE: ... During the Tiananmen movement that same year in China, as well as many local riots in more recent times, rumors also played a critical role in mobilizing the participants.
  While such cases indicate that rumors can spark or intensify social protests, little is currently known about their effects on public opinion in an authoritarian country during non-crisis times, and whether the government can effectively combat the informational counter-power. Since social crises are rooted in tensions accumulated during ‘normal’ times, understanding how battles over everyday, routine rumors accusing the government of various kinds of wrongdoings influence mass political attitudes will shed important light on the political dynamics in authoritarian countries, particularly regarding how citizens process competing information. ...