The Role Of Authoritarianism In American Politics

becoming more difficult. Non-traditional ideologies are now emerging into the political arena that in prior elections would have been scoffed at. This 2016 election has shown a clear rise in support for Libertarianism, Democratic Socialism, and Authoritarianism. That is why it is important to understand what these ideologies mean through definition, policy preferences and the true impact these three ideologies have. Hardly ever do third party candidates poll more than 10 percent, but Libertarian candidate

symbols that indicate to which particular system and status a certain person belongs. For many Korean schools, institutions and even private firms it is normal to have uniforms as a special form of belongingness. The combination of formalism and authoritarianism puts very strict requirements towards appearance of employees and lifestyle making it more

The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism: Main Features and Limits Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way fashionably unveil the major features of this new political regime. As clearly explained by the authors, Competitive Authoritarianism is a hybrid regime combining elements of Liberal Democracy and Authoritarian rule, and, for this reason, many political philosophers like Fukuyama look upon it as a “transitional diminished democracy” (Levitsky). However, political philosophers like Gat and Levitsky, supported

party has witnessed a significant shift and—encouraged by an increase in social justice campaigns and the growing threat to societal norms—authoritarianism has begun to claw its way out of the shadows. A largely overlooked theory in political science, authoritarianism holds the key to explaining the Trump phenomenon and the further polarization of the American political system that has attributed to it. After a long history of toying with the idea of running for election, Donald Trump’s announcement

RESEARCH PROPOSAL Authoritarianism, Knowledge, and Self-awareness in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Background and Rationale Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel published in 1950. The novel takes place in the futuristic American society where technology dominates in people’s lives. This is an era of prosperous technological advances, but people’s life quality is bad. The people live their life without knowledge, wisdom, and self-awareness. People are not critical because all books

In a political atmosphere where it is easy to be grouped up in either conservative or liberal, it is harder to see such an easy split more and more each day. Non-traditional candidates are now emerging into the political arena that in prior elections would have been scoffed at. Whether we are talking about the unusually high polling Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, the Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders or the Authoritarian Republican Nominee, Donald Trump, It is getting harder and harder to

Response paper #1: Capitalism, commodification and the consumer citizen The assigned readings offered us the opportunity to study capitalism, its theoretical basis, and its effect of modern societies, while taking into account its domination techniques and worldwide influence. Because cultural studies concern themselves with structures of power it is only logical for theorists like Hall, Boudrillard, Debord, Schor, Pieterse, and Gramsci, to immerse themselves in the dissection of this particular

in particular, the end of the Cold War ushered in an era of economic growth and a large increase in the number of liberal democracies. Although the world saw a large increase in liberal democracies, a new regime type referred to as competitive authoritarianism began to emerge. According to Levitsky and Way, “In competitive authoritarian regimes, formal

accurate. Larger countries in Latin America such as Argentina, Brazil, and Chile presented perfect examples why these countries failed during this time and led to bureaucratic-authoritarian military interventions. Military threats, economic crises, weak politics, and failing government

communities. Vietnam protesters and unrest at college campuses gradually faded from the national agenda, but crime and its racial subtext stayed on. Concerns about crime played a prominent role in subsequent presidential campaigns, perhaps most famously and vividly with the 1988 “Willie Horton ad.” Law-and-order politics evolved away from cultural questions and toward a narrower conversation about crime and punishment. This conversation, research shows, has been characterized by avoidance of overt racial