Assess The Difference Between Democracy And Totalitarianism

Autocracy is a type of government ran by only one person who has authority over everything.

Leaders of authoritarian systems have an absolute rule without contestation from others and have the power to control all factors that concern their state. This paper will explore the similarities and differences between ruling presidents and ruling parties within the authoritarian system.

Levitsky and Way describe, a competitive authoritarianism is, in essence, a democracy but it lacks proportional representation and most of the elections and government institutions are predisposed to only the elites. Juan Linz describes this as a diminished form of authoritarianism. In competitive authoritarianism regimes, elections are normally rigged, power figures regularly misuse state resources while oppressed are denied simple liberties. Anyone who is opposed is often killed or jailed. Competitive Authoritarianism is not an authoritarian and is not quite a democracy, but it has democratic institutions in place and incumbents cannot reduce them.

Dictatorship is a form of government that restricts the right to political participation to a small group or even to a single individual. The government or one person makes all the rules and decisions without input from anyone else. Dictatorship implies absolute power — one person who takes control. It can be of a political situation, a family, a classroom or even a camping expedition. In government, a dictatorship leaves no room for input from anyone who is not the top guy or gal.

The two government that we are talking about is authoritarian and democracy .The two differents between is one's freedom and no freedom. The other one is how the get in to be leader.

Totalitarianism is also sometimes referred to as authoritarianism. In this type of governing the leaders are in total control. Sometimes there is one supreme leader and other times there are a group of leaders. Individual freedom is non-existent as each citizen is forced to follow the policy of the leaders that are not held to a standard of a constitution (Anmal, 2011). The two most common types of totalitarianism include Theocratic and Secular rule.

Authoritarian leadership; also known as autocratic leadership; is an extremely direct style of leadership where the leader remains in control the whole time and tells the other team members what they must do. The team are expected to follow orders without question or negotiation, therefore this could demoralise a team due to their opinions and ideas not being heard. It is best to use authoritarian when: a leader knows all the information, there is a strict deadline to which the team must work to, or the team is used to this style of leadership as the leader can be very demanding which people may not be used to. Authoritarian leadership may not get the best response from a team as it mainly relies on intimidation to work efficiently.

In this type of government, a single individual gains power through force. He also has control over the government making him powerful. All the people are forced to follow his policies. ‘Hitler’ is one of the cruellest dictators known in history. Sometimes, there are ‘Benevolent Dictators’,

Authoritarian leadership, also known as autocratic leadership. This leadership is over all control over all decisions with little to no input from the leaders group members. Authoritarians will make choices based upon their own judgements and ideas not allowing for any advice from any other persons. Benefits from this leadership are decisions being made quickly with out waiting the input of others. Projects or offices that require a strong leader would be looking for and authoritarian leadership style. Disadvantages to this style of leadership is that people in this position can be referred to as bossy , controlling and dictatorial (Cherry, 2015). These can lead to resentment from coworkers and group members.

The authoritarian government is very different from the democracy government in many ways. There are ways like how they come into power and how they run their country and things like that. The authoritarian government doesn’t have the freedom like we have a democracy government.

There are multiple forms of government including: Democracy, Monarchy, Oligarchy and Dictatorship. We here in America are probably most familiar with Democracy, however most do not know that their are very similar yet different types of Democracy; Direct and Representative. Direct Democracy, which is what the Athenians used, is where the people had complete and utter control of the laws that were passed and how the laws were enforced. Representative Democracy, in America, is where the citizens have a major input into what goes on in the country but we elect officials who represent the decisions of the people. We elect leaders who sit within the three branches of government; Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Secondly, a Monarchy is the ruling

state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. If one accepts this construct,

An authoritarian government is any ruling political unit in which the person or group in power tells everyone else what to do, more or less without recourse. Monarchies without parliament and in which the monarch actually rules, as well as military governments and dictatorships of the left and the right can all be correctly identified as authoritarian. Most workplaces are authoritarian, too; the boss tells you what to do, or else. Similarly, most families have an authoritarian streak, as do schools. The basic idea is that what is done is not put to a vote: someone in authority commands, others obey. Authoritarian governments, as you might imagine, can cover a very wide range of power regimes.

The Authoritarian Theory illustrates a State governed by an individual or an influential group of people. The ruler(s) believe their citizenry to be inept to make crucial political judgements on their own thus; decisions are made for them by the ruler(s).

Authoritarian system of government in political science, can be defined as a system of government that power is concentrated in the hands of a leader or elite which has strong central government and limitations in political freedom as its features. The system strongly opposes the thoughts of individuals. It operates under a single-party rule and military force may be needed for maintenance. It is best operated to serve as a fix for economic stagnation. It fosters long-term economic progress. According to Juan Linz (1975), who portrayed Authoritarian system of Government to have the following features;