What are Non-Democracies?
How do non-democracies perform economically compared to democracies?
More variable; deeper troughs and intense highs
The use of paramilitaries against the public would be a form of repression. True or False?
True
Which type of non-democracy does this definition belong to?: A government system where religious leaders control the state in accordance with sacred laws.
Theocracy
When a country becomes illiberal or undemocratic over time it is called ___.
Democratic Backsliding
Under the rule of Tsar Peter the Great, Russia placed special emphasis on __________, but industrialization progressed slowly and social development lagged behind.
Modernization
Fill in the blanks: What are the three characteristics that all non-democracies lack? Accountability, ___, and ___.
Competition and freedom
What are the three categories of strategies used by non-democracies to stay in power?
Inducements, repression, and propaganda
According to the textbook and slides, what type of regime does China have?
Single-party rule
Fill in the blanks: An autocratic leader will promise a _____ or a _____.
Golden past and golden future.
Under Lenin's leadership, the Bolshevik Party established the Soviet Union and implemented __________ rule, with all economic and social activities controlled by the Communist Party.
One-party dictatorship
What values are promoted instead in a non-democracy over the values of individual will and freedom?
Importance of order and hierarchy
Which philosophy is suspected of influencing modern, East Asian political structure?
Confucianism, existentialism, communism, or Buddhism?
Confucianism
Fill in the blanks: The types of non-democracy mentioned in the textbook and slides are theocracy, personalist rule, single-party rule, military rule, ___, and ___.
Illiberal regime and hybrid regime.
What is another term used to describe the neighboring effect?
In international affairs, Russia uses __________ organizations to achieve national interests and expand its global influence.