The phrase "authoritarian models" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing systems of governance or frameworks that emphasize strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedoms.
Example: "The study examines various authoritarian models and their impact on civil liberties in different countries."
Alternatives: "authoritarian systems" or "authoritarian frameworks".
Whether Nidaa Tounes crafts an inclusive coalition or drifts toward authoritarian models of decades past remains to be seen.
"The emphasis on glory, self-sacrifice, authoritarian models and internal enemies felt very congenial to the stronistas," says Mr Whigham, the historian.
There have always been people who have been impatient with the slow pace of the democratic process and have pointed instead at the efficiency of authoritarian models of governance.
Robin demonstrates that conservatism's populist appeal speaks "to and for people who have lost something," marrying this sense of loss to authoritarian models of restoration through, variously, the state, the workplace, gender roles or race.
The challenge posed by the authoritarian models to Western-style democracy is a real one.
We had old-fashioned authoritarian models –- which in many ways were so rule-bound that it's hard to call them adult in a Kantian sense –- and once those have been overthrown we are helpless.
As Rouhani's election showed, it is capable of liberal eddies within its authoritarian model.
Georgia, with its open embrace of the West, thus represents a threat to the legitimacy of Russia's authoritarian model.
Later still came the even more centralized authoritarian model of modernization under the aegis of the one-party state.
Instead, the best outcome would be to cobble together a poor-man's version of China's authoritarian model.
But it is an extension of the authoritarian model of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who worked to weaken democratic checks and balances during his five-year tenure.
