Explaining middle eastern authoritarianism marcus noland marcus noland, senior fellow, has been associated with the institute since 1985. Other articles where bureaucratic authoritarianism is discussed. This was demonstrated using scaling methods and indepth interviews. The ba is a type of authoritarian state whose principal characteristics are. Ideal type bureaucracy max weber called his formulation of bureaucracy ideal type bureaucracy. Authoritarianism antidemocratic system of political rule characteristic of the most reactionary political systems of capitalist states, such as the fascist regimes in germany, italy, spain, and elsewhere. It argues that the formation of augusto pinochets military regime was an outcome of the import substitution industrialization strategy, activation of the popular sector, and rising threat to the. The new authoritarianism in latin america david collier. Modernization and bureaucraticauthoritarianism by guillermo a.
According to him, bureaucratic authoritarianism serves the. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic in nature, and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military in an influential 1964 work, the political. Pdf bureaucratic authoritarianism is a concept formulated by political scientist guillermo odonnell to characterize certain civilmilitary. Bureaucratic authoritarianism in the second half of the twentieth century, personalist dictators such as manuel noriega r. Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. The fate of the rising generation within a bureaucratic environnlent.
This categorys scope contains articles about authoritarianism, which may be a contentious label. He is the author of democracy and development cambridge university press, 1992 and institutions and. This map, including visual diagrams of popular regime concepts, demonstrates that current classifications now have the problem of authoritarianism with adjectives in addition to democracy with adjectives. Typified by military rule and a bureaucratic, technocratic approach to policymaking, this type of authoritarianism was generally accompanied by substantial repression. Bureaucratic authoritarianism is a concept formulated by political scientist guillermo odonnell to characterize certain civilmilitary dictatorships as distinct from totalitarianism, populist. See republic of korea, economic planning board, social indicators in korea, 1981, p. Institute of international studies, university of california, 1973. The plan was called the alliance for progress and was announced by president kennedy in 1961. Download authoritarianismandcorporatisminlatinamerica ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub. Democracy, autocracy, and bureaucracy by avinash dixit princeton university first draft.
Unesco eolss sample chapters government and politics vol. The classical writings on bureaucracy came from karl marx, max weber, robert michels and gaetano mosca. Reconsidering the relationship between authoritarian governance and corrupt exchanges in bureaucracies. Odonnell, 1973, institute of international studies, university of california edition, in english. Yet, linkage is a diffuse, structural form of influence that fails to capture the effects of concrete tools of international pressure targeted. O donnell g 1973 modernization and bureaucratic authoritarianism studies in. To conclude, the first feature of bureaucratic authoritarianism is the presence and type of participation of the military. In part three guillermo odonnell, james kurth, and david collier discuss the likely future patterns of change in bureaucratic authoritarianism, opportunities for. In the 1960s, the us initiated a new aid policy for latin america in response to the cuban revolution. These systems are excluding and emphatically nondemocratic. In this paper, i investigate why a bureaucraticauthoritarian hereafter ba regime emerged in south korea during the early 1970s. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Schamis on march 24, 1976, a military coup took place in argentina. Authoritarianism in the 1970s from bureaucraticauthoritarianism to neoconservatism hector e. Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to. Juan domingo peron and the rise of populism military stewardship bureaucratic authoritarianism perons return to power military rule the falklands war transition to democracy menems departure and the collapse of the peso nestor kirchner cristina fernandez. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. Elections and democratization in authoritarian regimes. The hispanic world, this argument alleges, was naturally more authoritarian than anglosaxon cultures. As the author argues, old concerns about 909 22 electoral authoritarianism 910 the goals and instruments of authoritarian rule and about the relationship 911 between rulers and subjects have not lost their analytical relevance.
I authoritarian system robert bedeski encyclopedia of life support systems eolss authoritarian system robert bedeski, university of victoria, canada keywords. The rise and fall of bureaucraticauthoritarianism in. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people. The chapters in part two address the problem of explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism and are written by albert hirschman, jose serra, robert kaufman, and.
Central actors in the dominant coalition include highlevel technocratsmilitary and civilian, within and outside the stateworking in close association with foreign capital. Under ba the military is the key institution in charge of the regime and normally ruled by a junta rather than by a caudillo. In 1973 chilean military forces overthrew the democratic government of president sal. Authoritarianism and polarization in american politics. Nevertheless, the slackening of growth should not be interpreted as a crisis in the economy but rather as the. In addition, military ruled by favoring the technocratic executives, prioritizing business elites. Neoauthoritarianism in recent chinese political theory.
Or, in the case of bureaucratic socialism, of similar claims on the part of state officials. He was a senior economist at the council of economic advisers in the executive office of the president of the united states and has held research or teaching. Pierre ostiguy, canadian journal of political science munck has made a singular, sophisticated, and significant contribution in developing a conceptual framework from insights derived from scholarly literature on political regimes and regime change. Bureaucratic authoritarianism by david collier ssrn. Authoritarianism is a totalitarian form of government or political regime under which procedures of. Bureaucraticauthoritarianism revisited now include several features that odonnells earlier work suggested were causes of political system change such as class interests, as well as others such as changes in economic structure that are subsequent to and hence logically consequences of the emergence of bureaucraticauthoritarianism. Modernization and bureaucraticauthoritarianism 1973. Working paper 055 explaining middle eastern authoritarianism. The logic of electoral authoritarianism, a schedler doc. Typified by military rule and a bureaucratic, technocratic approach to policymaking, this type. The text he started to work on at yale was published as modernization and bureaucraticauthoritarianism3 a book that immediately drew a lot of attention and led to a seminal debate about latin. This book argues that they are and that the reason is grow.
Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. Pdf bureaucratic authoritarianism the wiley blackwell. Authoritarianism is related to ethnocentrism, rightwing extremism, conservatism, and antifeminism. At the outset, it did not seem very different from previous authoritarian experiments which. Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Latin americas most influential political scientist, focusing sharply on his native argentina, analyzes the origins and modes of operation of the pervasively repressive state that first arose in brazil in 1964 and emerged in argentina in 1966, and for which the author coined the bureaucratic authoritarianism label that has been widely accepted in the academic literature.
Latin america traditional interpretations of authoritarianism in latin america root this phenomenon in the style of iberian colonization in the region. The concept of bureaucratic authoritarianism arose from the study of major episodes of authoritarianism in south america between the 1960s and the 1980s. November 27, 2009 abstract democratic and autocratic rulers alike must use a bureaucracy to implement policy. Reconceptualizing latin american authoritarianism in the 1970s. The bureaucraticauthoritarian state the ba is a type of authoritarian state whose principal characteristics are. Allende as president combined marxist assault on the owners of the means of production with populist lavishing of shortterm benefits on his workingclass followers, and on both counts he stirred violent resentment among upper and middleclass chileans as well as. Pdf authoritarianism refers to a general orientation of individuals toward being antidemocratic, prejudiced, and fascist. Authoritarianism article about authoritarianism by the. This article applies guillermo odonnells bureaucraticauthoritarian ba model to analyze the interruption of chiles democracy in 1973, and the gradual return to civilian rule since 1989. However, the systematic study of bureaucracy began with max weber. The regime transition was the outcome of conflict among key political actors who were constrained, although not in a deterministic way, by the change in the korean economic structure. The chapters in part two address the problem of explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism and are written by albert hirschman, jose serra, robert kaufman, and julio coder. These union actions resulted in economic benefits for the rank and file. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes.
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