neo-authoritarianism

Noun

neo-authoritarianism (uncountable)

1. A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
   • As neo-authoritarianism advances, the [Chinese Communist] Party moves to the front stage and becomes hands-on in managing important affairs, crowding out legal rules and institutions. It has expanded and solidified a prerogative state to solve politically sensitive matters through substantively...2019 March 20, Hualing Fu, “Touching the Proverbial Elephant: The Multiple Shades of Chinese Law”, in China Perspectives, volume 2019, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3–9
2. Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.
   • Neo-authoritarianism has neither fascist black shirts nor the Nazi’s brown-shirts. It would be misleading to try to understand the neo-authoritarian phenomenon by focusing on some groups that exhibit the swastika.2021 May 10, Massimiliano Tomba, “Neo-Authoritarianism without Authority”, in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN