Unit 8: Nondemocratic Regimes

A form of nondemocratic rule with a highly centralized state that has a well-defined ideology

Regimes that are controlled by a small group of individuals who have power over the state.

The state co-opts members of the public by providing benefits to a person for support

The idea that elites and established institutions don't fully represent the will of the people.

Regimes don't fully institutionalize liberty and combine democratic and nondemocratic practices

A form of clientelism, in which a leader trades benefits for political support.

Nondemocratic regimes attempt to control the public by limiting the number of organizations.

Literally means rule by theft. Those in power seek only to drain the state of resources.

A theory that the existence of natural resources is a barrier to modernization and democracy.

A regime in which the state of bureaucracy and the military share a belief.

These societies deny their citizens participation, competition, and liberty.