Meaning of neo-authoritarianism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
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2. Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.
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Examples

“As neo-authoritarianism advances, the [Chinese Communist] Party moves to the front stage and becomes hands-on in managing important affairs, crowding out legal rules and institutions. It has expanded and solidified a prerogative state to solve politically sensitive matters through substantively extra-legal methods.”

“Neo-authoritarianism has neither fascist black shirts nor the Nazi’s brown-shirts. It would be misleading to try to understand the neo-authoritarian phenomenon by focusing on some groups that exhibit the swastika.”

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