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Discover LudwigThe phrase "autocratic measures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or policies that are imposed by a single authority without input or consent from others, often in a political or organizational context.
Example: "The government implemented autocratic measures to suppress dissent and maintain control over the population."
Alternatives: "authoritarian actions" or "dictatorial policies".
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But the power-sharing deal never came to fruition, as the increasingly besieged Mr. Musharraf imposed a series of autocratic measures that left him politically weakened.
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With a dismal 15% approval rating, Maduro has only managed to keep himself in power with autocratic and repressive measures, critics say.
The United States, for its part, slowed down discussions about missile defense, enacted the Magnitsky Act to punish Russian officials responsible for the wrongful death of Russian lawyer Sergey Magnitsky, canceled the Moscow summit in 2013 and continued to criticize Putin's autocratic tendencies, among other measures.
Just last year, an electorate grown disenchanted with what many see as the mayor's autocratic style of leadership rejected a ballot measure, proposed by Weyuker supporters, that would have changed the mayoral term to four years from two.
It nonetheless signals limits to U.S. willingness to endorse autocratic rule that fails to uphold some measure of respect for human rights and more equitable economic development.
On nearly all of these quality-of-life measures, low-income democracies dramatically outdo their autocratic counterparts.
The authors berated the press for exaggerating Mr Putin's autocratic bent, and argued that on just about any measure Russia is now "a normal country", doing no worse than the average in the developing world.One of the things that developing countries take time to establish is a consensus about what they should be developing into.
It seems strikingly bold, even from a writer skilled at hiding home thoughts about politics in foreign fables, to have offered at this time, in Measure for Measure, a play in which a former leader comes back to sort out his incompetently autocratic replacement.
Political regime was measured by a score that reflected the extent of democratic and autocratic authority patterns institutionalized in the country during its political lifespan [ 32].
Divide-and-conquer measures like stoking sectarian tensions and blaming foreign meddling can keep attention away from autocratic political systems for only so long.
Quadros responded by attempting to dramatically expand his executive powers, but his arbitrary and autocratic manner alienated many of his former adherents, and he failed to enact political reforms or measures to fight inflation.
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