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Totalitäre Regimes
Totalitarian regimes
[journal article]
Abstract
"The development of the term and the analytical concept of totalitarianism have gone through several stages since the 1920s. However, even in its most sophisticated form, the version seen in Friedrich/ Brzezinski, the concept exhibits substantial systematic classification problems and analytical wea... view more
"The development of the term and the analytical concept of totalitarianism have gone through several stages since the 1920s. However, even in its most sophisticated form, the version seen in Friedrich/ Brzezinski, the concept exhibits substantial systematic classification problems and analytical weaknesses. This article attempts to frame the type of totalitarian regime within a general typology of political regimes. Special attention is dedicated to the problem of distinguishing autocratic from democratic rule, and of carving out the systematic difference between authoritarian and totalitarian regimes within the basic type of autocracy. Despite a systematic typology, all grey zones between the basic types cannot be clarified. Therefore, the typology should be complemented by a continuum on which regimes as they exist in reality, can be placed between the polar types of 'ideal democracy' and 'perfect totalitarianism'." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
dictatorship; regime; domination; authoritarian system; democracy; totalitarianism; political system
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Document language
German
Publication Year
2004
Page/Pages
183–201 p.
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 1 (2004) 2
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
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