No there is no official body of definition, there is simply what most of us
mean by "authoritarian" as the concept is used to refer to certain patterns
of behavior.
Fred
From: Daniel Ehrenberg <littledanehren(a)yahoo.com>
Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Classification of China?
Yes, but who sets those criteria? Even if there were some official body of
definitions of terms for government classification, there would still be
those who opposed it.
-LittleDan
Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote:
I intend to speak truth. China (and the Catholic church, for another
example) are authoritarian. \ It is not merely a matter of the opinion of
vague critics. There are objective criteria which if met constitute an
authoritarian government.
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