POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Absolute Monarchy, Autocracy, Totalitarianism
25 Aug 2016
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Hobbes absence of government: brutal, nasty, short . Legitimacy: popular acceptance of the right and authority of the govt. to rule. Forms of government and the ideologies upon which they may be based. Authoritarian - rule by one, ruler controls only govt. political institutions legislature and court system under control of leader. (saddam hussein) Totalitarian total control, control extends beyond political institutions into economic and private/social life. (north korea, hitler"s germany, stalin"s soviet union) Dictatorship - no legitimacy (by force/power held indefinitely), president or general . Absolute monarchy unlimited, total power, king or queen, not same as a constitutional monarchy (monarchy with power limited by constitution. ) Classical liberalism individualism, freedom, political/social equality, limited govt, free mkt economy. Capitalism private/individual ownership and operation of the means of production. Us mixed market, mixed economy some regulation allowed. Some others: theocracy (rule by god rule by religion. Leader usually religious figure, cleric, priest, etc. (example: iran.
