We know that governments are different and each of them has its own way of ruling the country, determining the politics problems it has and the ways of dealing with them. If we look back in the history we can see examples of different types of non-democratic regimes, ‘until modern times states were normally ruled by authoritarian regimes and most of these were hereditary monarchies.’ (D. Caramani, 2014, p.97) Today there are still countries that are being ruled in non-democratic ways. The purpose of this essay is to examine the differences between two non-democratic regimes- authoritarian and totalitarian.
To begin with, what exactly are authoritarian and totalitarian regimes? Authoritarianism is a form of social organization characterized …show more content…
This is an evidence of totalitarianism and is clearly displayed in North Korea. ‘Here the dynastic sequence had been prepared over decades. ‘Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung’s oldest son and heir of charisma, was built-up as a successor over many years. His rise to power and the dynastic power transfer was carefully coordinated, both ideologically and politically.’ Since, charisma is the ability to change people’s understanding and beliefs of what they want, we can see that North Korea leader is charismatic since the population follows his ideologies without any …show more content…
For example North Korea has a set of principles that government uses to justify its policy decisions. The idea of Juche, is the religious, political, social and economic ideology of North Korea.The Juche Idea was first introduce by Kim Ilsung in 1955. Over time, Juche evolved, borrowing from Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism. ‘According to Juche, there is no god but Kim Ilsung, the country’s ‘Eternal President’, which makes North Korea the only country in the world, governed by an embalmed dead body. Juche attributed divine powers also to Kim Jongil, the sole author, editor and interpreter of Juche.’
In North Korea there is no political pluralism, North Korea functions as a single-party state under a totalitarian family dictatorship. The worker’s party of North Korea, which was founded in 1926 and led by Kim Il-sung, is the only legally permitted party.
In Russia in April 2012 the creation of new parties was allowed. However, none of them posed a major threat to the authorities, and it was extremely problematic for the opposition to win representation because of the country’s strongly controlled
To begin with, what exactly are authoritarian and totalitarian regimes? Authoritarianism is a form of social organization characterized …show more content…
This is an evidence of totalitarianism and is clearly displayed in North Korea. ‘Here the dynastic sequence had been prepared over decades. ‘Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung’s oldest son and heir of charisma, was built-up as a successor over many years. His rise to power and the dynastic power transfer was carefully coordinated, both ideologically and politically.’ Since, charisma is the ability to change people’s understanding and beliefs of what they want, we can see that North Korea leader is charismatic since the population follows his ideologies without any …show more content…
For example North Korea has a set of principles that government uses to justify its policy decisions. The idea of Juche, is the religious, political, social and economic ideology of North Korea.The Juche Idea was first introduce by Kim Ilsung in 1955. Over time, Juche evolved, borrowing from Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism. ‘According to Juche, there is no god but Kim Ilsung, the country’s ‘Eternal President’, which makes North Korea the only country in the world, governed by an embalmed dead body. Juche attributed divine powers also to Kim Jongil, the sole author, editor and interpreter of Juche.’
In North Korea there is no political pluralism, North Korea functions as a single-party state under a totalitarian family dictatorship. The worker’s party of North Korea, which was founded in 1926 and led by Kim Il-sung, is the only legally permitted party.
In Russia in April 2012 the creation of new parties was allowed. However, none of them posed a major threat to the authorities, and it was extremely problematic for the opposition to win representation because of the country’s strongly controlled