REGIME TYPES |
Authoritarian |
Totalitarian |
Democratic |
|
Limitation on command structure |
NONE | NONE | YES-MANY |
| Effective responsibility | NONE | SOME, party determined | CONSIDERABLE |
| Organization of command
State Bureaucracy/military Individual leader |
YES | YES
PARTY CONTROLLED YES COLLECTIVE |
STATE AND STATE
AGENCIES SUBORDINATE ELECTIVE |
| Penetration of society of political organs | YES | EXTENSIVE | LIMITED |
| Mobilization for supports | YES | STRONG | VARIABLE |
| Official Ideology | WEAK | STRONG | WEAK |
| Parties | WEAK | SINGLE | MANY |
| Police, force, intimidation | YES | YES | VARIES |
| Individual rights (protection)
in form in substance |
MAYBE QUESTIONABLE |
YES NONE |
YES YES, GENERALLY |