The Agrarian government, however, exhibited authoritarian characteristics, which disturbed the majority of the nation.
But military strength, allied closely with bureaucracy, was apparent nonetheless, and the government developed clear authoritarian characteristics.
A more punitive and authoritarian-rigid parenting style has been associated with more right-wing attitudes (Fend 1991), more xenophobia (Hefler et al. 1999), and stronger authoritarian characteristics (Rebenstorf et al. 2000) in adolescents.
That may be a canny move, given that economic concerns still trump security worries in opinion polls (though the gap is narrowing).The PRI's biggest weakness is the perception that it has failed to renew itself in opposition, and retains the authoritarian and corrupt characteristics of its past.
When Mao died in 1976 the Chinese leadership renounced the Cultural Revolution as a "severe setback" and "The Great Disaster"; Ryckmans rightly surmised that although there would inevitably be a relaxation of authoritarian rule, the fundamental characteristics of Communism would not change.
One of the defining characteristics of authoritarian regimes is that travel is suspect.
So, for many Syrians, the younger Mr. Assad is the antithesis of their inward-looking past, and the passing of power from father to son is not only seen as a characteristic of an authoritarian state, but also as a welcome demonstration of much-cherished stability.
By then America stood alone in the West in continuing to ban gays from the military, a policy characteristic of Third World, authoritarian, and Islamist nations.
Preferences for leaders who think and speak in straight-forward, black and white, easy-to-digest categories like good and evil, are characteristic features of the authoritarian cognitive-style.
Both movements are clearly authoritarian, and their followers probably share many psychological characteristics.
Mr. Kovalev predicted that Mr. Putin would build "an authoritarian-police regime that will preserve the formal characteristics of democracy, and will most likely try to carry out reforms leading to a market economy".
