Originally a chapter in the" Handbook of Political Science", this analysis develops the
fundamental distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian systems. It emphasizes the …

Political science is a discipline in constant danger of fragmentation because of the
centrifugal pulls of our subfields and the contradictions in our scientific and humanistic …

This major new work from a foremost political theorist provides a reconsideration of the utility
of totalitarianism as a concept in light of the empirical data now available about the …

The post-cold war world has seen the rise of an increasing number of regimes that cannot
be easily classified as either authoritarian or democratic, but display some characteristics of …

The very idea that authoritarian regimes (“autocracies”) may enjoy popular support is hard to
fathom for democrats. Models of authoritarian regimes often entail tacit ideological …

The institutional turn in comparative authoritarianism has generated wide interest. This
article reviews three prominent books on authoritarian institutions and their central …

A now considerable literature has emerged on the regime type which O'Donnell labeled"
bureaucratic-authoritarian, 9 both in terms of its origins and the policies which typify its …

Der „neu e Insti tu tio na lis mus “in der ver glei chen den Ana ly se auto ri tä rer Regime
nimmt nomi nell demokra ti sche Insti tu tio nen, wie Par tei en, Par la men te und Wah len in …

Authoritarian regimes have become more effective at co-opting or circumventing the norms
and institutions meant to support basic liberties, and at providing aid to others who wish to …

THE\\'ORLD OF the 1980s is a world of democratic ferment, struggle, and promise. T he
breakdown of Western Europe's last three dictatorships in the mid-1970s appears to …