Discuss the Various Methods Leading to the Creation of an Authoritarian

question 30

Essay

Discuss the various methods leading to the creation of an authoritarian state. Discuss how these states secure their power and keep it.

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Definitions:

Ownership

The legal right to possess, use, and dispose of something, such as property or intellectual property.

Fairness Doctrine

A former policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance in a manner that was, in the FCC's view, honest, equitable, and balanced.

Supreme Court

The highest federal court in the United States, consisting of nine justices and having jurisdiction over cases of constitutional and federal law.

Red Lion Broadcasting

A landmark Supreme Court case, Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1969), that upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to enforce the Fairness Doctrine in broadcasting.