Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes

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• Linz's ideal type distinguishes authoritarian regimes by limited, non-responsible pluralism, weak or absent guiding ideology, restricted mobilization, and formally unclear but generally predictable limits on leadership.

  • supports · p. 159, ‘Toward a Definition of Authoritarian Regimes,’ definition paragraph

• In Linz's analysis, limited pluralism and constrained mobilization distinguish authoritarian regimes from the monistic power center, guiding ideology, and extensive mobilization associated with totalitarian regimes.

  • supports · pp. 70 and 159, summary definitions

• Linz's totalitarian ideal type combines a monistic power center, an exclusive guiding ideology, and extensive political mobilization.

  • supports · p. 70, numbered summary definition