They wanted to have control over everything in the state. These leaders believed that God chose them to rule and that they only had to listen to Him. Rulers, like Louis XIV, controlled every aspect of his subjects life 's. In the same way, the Fredericks of Prussia and Peter the Great kept their country under control by forcing people to join the military. During the 1600 and 1700s this new type of leader, known as an absolute ruler, had similar beliefs and objectives to reform their country. Strengthening of their military, increasing taxes, and unifying religion were some of the many strategies an absolute ruler
Religious authority along with political organization contributed to these empires’ success and development more than military power. Military power proved an empire’s power over its periphery and that they had the possibility of taking over other empires through a mighty
The emperor role eventually morphed into a dictatorship type of
In this way, a strong single authority was built to control the people which proficiently curbed rebellion. In Rome, various armies created by the General, payed their loyalty to the leader more often rather than the state. Whereas in China, the ruler had complete control of all the armies and often times, there is a struggle for power between monarch families to appoint a leader who would do more good for the people. In addition, military forces in both empires were utilized to control the citizens due to the expansion and multiple territories of both empires. Even though, the rulers made all the major decisions, these empires were so big to govern by themselves, so the use of large armies were employed to help control political power within both
The Soviet Union, a Communist government in the falsehood of being controlled by a dictator named Stalin. During his reign of terror on the Russian people, he was forcing them to form a cult for him, “Additionally, Stalin built a cult of personality around himself in the Soviet Union,” (History.com). When Stalin came to power after the death of Lenin, he began wiping out those who he did not trust. Mostly they were military leaders, which he killed a lot of them in the Great Purge. If you do not know what the Great Purge was, it was an order which Stalin giving to kill off most of the higher ups in the military for being suspected as a threat to his rule.
Introduction From 1793 to 1794, the French First Republic was under the authoritarian rule of the Committee of Public Safety (“CPS”), a “ruling coalition” (Svolik, 2012, p.5) primarily led by Robespierre, Couthon and Saint-Just. The dictatorship, which some historians refer to as “the Reign of Terror”, is a good example to demonstrate the two fundamental problems in authoritarian government rule, considering its historical importance. This essay intends to analyze CPS’s most significant economic policy, the General Maximum, and its downfall, the Thermidorian reaction, using Svolik, Tullock and Haber’s theories of autocracy. Literature review
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was formed in 1964. The acronym for this terrorist group is FARC. The FARC is known to be run similar to the military as they use several of the military’s practices as well as strategies of terrorism. This terrorist organization contains about 10,000 armed guerillas. The FARC began as just a small group of people and with the help of the taxation on illegal drugs, the FARC as grown to be have just as much strength as the military.
Political insurgency across Latin America intended to fight for justice and equity but compromised democracy and human rights in the process. The Cuban Revolution inspired a political revolt against the United States, resisting against its economic hegemony, but forces from above complicated matters. In Nicaragua, for example, Sandino’s “willingness to defy the United States” surged a political conflict with Somoza and eventually lead to his assassination (Kinzer 31). Somoza’s rise to power came through a de facto electoral proceeding and his use of oppressive tactics to eventually become dictator. His ruling only came to perpetuate the influence of the United States in Nicaragua and spurred the start of the bloody pathway of counter-insurgencies.
This set up the role for power to be more within the grasps of the people, rather than military figures. It would also set up the need for reformers to reach out to the people
The world was full of authoritarian regimes at this time such as the Russian Csar, the German Kaiser, The British Royal Family and the Regimes in Asia and Africa. Globally, there
Authoritarian control was from top to bottom
Maria Rodriguez Moreno Intro To Political Science, POS105C13 10/22/17 Authoritarianism vs Totalitarianism Throughout history there has been many different types of government and regimes. There have been numerous examples of Authoritarian and Totalitarian regimes. Although there are some similarities between the two, there are also some key differences of how they come into power, who controls the political power, and how they control their people.
In this article, Javier Corrales looks at the topic of regimes; hybrid, autocratic, authoritarian, democratic etc. Corrales presents us with two major questions. “What are the mechanisms by which a competitive authoritarian regime turns more autocratic?” And “What were the causes of Venezuela’s rapid move toward greater authoritarianism, especially in the last five years of Chavismo?” This article mostly examines Venezuela at the turn of 1999, when Hugo Chavez took office.
Cuba witnessed a military coup d’état that ruled the state for years led by Batista, followed by counter movements and organized guerrilla movements by Castro who took over later. Furthermore, Venezuela also had been a victim of a military coup which overthrew the dictator in 1958 and led to Betancourt to become the president. In addition, after Betancourt adopted austerity measures, a lot of guerrilla wars by students and splinter groups of national parties took place against him.
Joyce Li Ms. Weisman U.S. Survey UH4 1 February 2018 Imperialism has been a continuous policy throughout time, and the idea of imperializing others come from the desire to extend a country’s superiority. The United States began imperializing in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It was not until then did they seek for land and natural resources to improve their economy. Furthermore, this led to imperialism in Asia and Latin America.
