neo-authoritarianism

alternative neoauthoritarianism

1. uncountableA post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.

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   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.

   2019 March 20, Hualing Fu, “Touching the Proverbial Elephant: The Multiple Shades of Chinese Law”, in China Perspectives, volume 2019, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3–9

2. uncountableAny present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.

   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.

   2021 May 10, Massimiliano Tomba, “Neo-Authoritarianism without Authority”, in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN