A Dictatorship is a form of government- it's the form of government when one person, or less frequently a small group of people, have full control of the country, and use various means (usually involving the military, law enforcement, and/or Propaganda) to keep themselves in control.
Totalitarianism is a political system- in other words, it's the way politics functions in a government, and how a country allows its government to function. Totalitarian governments have total (hence the name) control of their people, and recognize few, if any, restraints on their power.
The terms are often seen as interchangeable, because dictatorships since the early 20th century have often been totalitarian. However, this is incorrect as they are two separate concepts.
YES, TRUE. The two types of authoritarian governments are dictatorships and totalitarianism. So yes, it's an authoritarian government.
Yes, because neither government mentioned here is a 'base form' of government, but is instead an administrative form it can find many different base forms to support it.
Monarchy, Authoritarian Government, Dictatorship, or Tyranny.
It is a type of dictatorship, an authoritarian form similar to the absolute monarchies of old.
totalitarian authoritarian dictatorship
Generally speaking a violent takeover of a government by an absolute ruler is termed a dictatorship. This type of government has many variations, however, the main result of this is clearly a dictatorship.
No dictatorship is a form of government. Anarchism means no leaders in Greek. A dictator which is the ruler in a dictatorship is an authoritarian ruler who assumes sole and absolute power, without a blood line (hereditary or king and queen). Iraq when Saddam was in power it was a dictatorship, but the people elected him into power. The dictator has full power on the government, the state, and the military.
that the best form of government was a military Dictatorship.
Authoritarian or totalitarian dictatorship.
Similar to a dictatorship, this form of government compels the people to do it's bidding with no accountability to the people. Human rights is not a big concern with this type of regime. North Korea is an example of an authoritarian government.
Authoritarian.
ofcourse not...representative government and authoritarian government are totally opposites, while everyone as equal rights and say in governmenyt in a representative government, only the ruler or leader has complete control over everyone in an authoritarian government.