Definition of authoritarianism

Political system which is based on the total submission to authority

Authoritarianism is a political system that is founded on unconditional submission to the existing authority, namely that which is in charge of the exercise of power. The establishment of a series of rules or laws that are clear and direct intended to restrict individual freedoms is the methodology of action of authoritarianism.
The concept is, also used widely to refer to abuse of authority by part of a Government or any other group or person. The aforementioned is the most widely used concept.
Politically speaking, authoritarianism, calls for an absolute Government, absolutism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship and totalitarianism. Although mostly to authoritarianism he is identifying how to own and exclusive of those Nations which only have a single political party, which of course is the ruler, also, the reality has given us ample samples that can be found in those Nations in which there is more than one party to the same and the form of Government is a democracy evening is clear.
And on the other hand, the second use presenting the term authoritarianism, said that, in general terms, this is a form of exercise of authority in social relations, in which, one or several of its members, the irrationality, the lack of interest in the search for consensus and lack of fundamentals-driven at the time of having to explain why some decisions It causes an alteration in the social order and its behavior and actions will lead a State of affairs in which the oppression, lack of freedom shall prevail. The consequences negative of this mode of power, of course, suffer them a part of the social group that obviously not commune with the order of openness promoted by the other party.

Abuse of power and limitation of individual liberties

In any level and level in which it is established, authoritarianism implies an attitude hoping that the people who are responsible comply strictly with all the rules that are assessed only by the fact that whoever wields power or imposes standards has a higher degree of authority over them.
Authoritarianism is also in close association with the abuse of power and authority that is almost always also accompanied by violence and force especially perpetrated against those who rebel and do not accept the authority.
Meanwhile, what the individual exercising authoritarianism in some sense popularly called authoritarian and main hallmarks include the absence of empathy, charisma, valuation and appreciation for those who is in charge, among the main.
I.e., the authoritarian nowhere or may never compared with charismatic leaders, because these i followed naturally and voluntarily by people because they feel that the leader wants them, respects them, and values
The political history of all nations of the planet has any case of authoritarianism in its pages, of course, is dark pages because the authoritarianism should tell has nothing positive to offer but on the contrary, it is a way of exercising power arbitrarily, without consensus, without seeking the participation of all the voices and it suffers of course freedoms and possibilities of development. It is proven that those Nations that are managed by a management authority evident delay in every sense, political course and not to mention economically.