Let me seize this moment to discussion the literature on authoritarianism, fascism, and dictatorship through the theoretical approach of behaviorism. First of all, let me inform you that the authoritarianism, Fascism, and dictatorship are all form of governments that lack the tendency to have electoral competition and widespread of voting participation. Though they are widely considered nondemocratic interim of their values and tempt to share a negative characteristic, but they little in common. Authoritarianism: has been widely considered by many scholars as a nondemocratic traditional form of government because they seem to have a single party system, usually lead by one man and a powerful secret police or small group of people, no party or weak party system, no mass mobilization but mentality. Fascism: This form of government has been also classified as nondemocratic by many political scientist and scholars …show more content…
So, it is good enough to label the behaviors of the past regime's leaders and the approach they took in resisting other forms of regime change. And what was their approach when the third wave of democratization was widely embraced. If you’re fortunate to go through (Skocpol 1985) book, in the hands of some theorists, the arguments became more structural and systemic, with longstanding political behaviorism approach that influenced all groups that later turned to have a major influence over outcomes of interest. In the hands of others, political behaviorism has become more historical and focused on historical processes, and focuses theoretical attention on the interaction of actors at all, or meso level. These actors are seen as working within state institutional constraints, as well as with constraints on resources and other means of action, and attempting to influence state