Next to segments of the political and economic elites, CSOs can influence autocratic decision-making processes decisively, even if their role is expected to be either more indirect, passing through external support, or more central than in liberal democracies, acting as a replacement for formal democratic processes.
The influence that autocratic corporations have on elected officials is being used, more and more, to shape public policy to reflect narrow corporate interests instead of "the will of the people".
It is also, say several groups of foreign observers, because the campaign has been less than fair.Mr Fujimori's autocratic regime has decisive influence over what is broadcast by all free television stations.
Their movement is driven by concern about what critics of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan call his autocratic tendencies, the growing influence of religion in state institutions, and government intrusions into private life, like legislation to regulate alcohol use.
This does not mean that there is no legal action on migration in more autocratic regimes, but their influence will be limited.
He also harboured numerous Nazi war criminals, including Josef Mengele.This autocratic tradition may have influenced Mr Lugo's dismissive attitude to other politicians a crucial factor in his downfall.
China is not a good setting for a Frank Capra tale, but people do have influence over their autocratic masters.
Many are outspoken not just against racism, but also communism, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's autocratic government and the growing influence of the Orthodox church over the Russian state.
To avoid reversion to autocracy or stalled, impartial democracy, a country in Tunisia's or Egypt's circumstances must steer between the Scylla of outsized influence by erstwhile autocratic incumbents and the Charybdis of unconstrained new actors who seek to lock in newfound power.
The causes included popular dissatisfaction with the autocratic Tsarist regime, the perceived influence of Rasputin on the Tsar, the unpopularity of World War I and brutal suppression of popular demonstrations.
