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Every government has ideological bases from which assumptions and policies are drawn; ideocracies are governments wherein one dominant ideology has become deeply ingrained into politics and generally politics has become deeply ingrained into all or most aspects of society. The ideology of an
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if it conflicts with the ideology, Piekalkiewicz and Penn, argue that every state is either organic (the organized expression of a community, within which all individuals are dependent and subsumed, as the fingers belong to the body), or mechanical/pragmatic (an artificial concept in which
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in which their self-realization within the ideocracy overrides the hostility of the 'heretical' outside world. Simple slogans are adopted and repeated as signs of conformity and loyalty. Those who disbelieve the ideology are
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Regeneration may prevent or postpone collapse. The ideology is rethought and adapted, or replaced by a completely new set of ideals. For example, in Poland, communist ideocracy failed in 1980, the recognition of
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symbolize the forces that true believers must combat within themselves. Blame for failures of policy is diverted away from the ideocrats onto the scapegoats, who are subjected to mob attacks, terrorism,
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of followers, and bureaucratization of the state and party. The economy is nationalized, and totally mobilized in support of the ideocracy. There will be scapegoating of enemies and terrorizing of
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has said, "Since the beginning of time governments have been engaged in kicking people around. The astonishing achievement in modern times is the idea that citizens should do the kicking".
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Peaceful erosion. A new generation matures which is less fervent and more tolerant of pluralism. Technological developments and artistic expression (for example, the plays of
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Trade Union leading to a military coup and authoritarian military rule. Romanian communism ended abruptly in 1989 and again the military took over, trying and executing
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Civil war: As in the USSR, China, Cuba, Yugoslavia. In order to establish the ideocracy, there must be a ruthless charismatic leader: a Lenin, Mao, Castro, Tito.
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as regimes currently showing ideocratic tendencies. Willfried Spohn states that China is an ideocracy. Gordon White said in 1999 China had ceased to be one.
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Self-destruction. One or more of the following may cause decline. The ideocracy may split into 'warring camps'. It may be ended by a military coup, as in
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for "power") is "governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology; a state or country governed in this way". It is
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According to Piekalkiewicz and Penn, in addition, an ideocracy such as a strict religious state or Nazi Germany, will suppress
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as still extant ideocracies. In Israel, only the religious Jewish settlers and ultranationalists seek ideocratic solutions.
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state, which is characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. An ideocratic state can either be
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ideocracy presents itself as an absolute, universal, and supreme system for understanding social life, much as a
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Takeover: Usually a political party with a determined leader ("the leader is the movement") takes power by
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form, reliant on the voluntary support of true believers. The totalitarian form contains six components; 1)
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The populist form of ideocracy has been an important force in Latin American political history, where many
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as among those that rose and fell in the 20th century. Both Catholic and Protestant extremists in
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This usually takes 10–15 years. The leader is no longer a Prophet, but is now deified. There is a
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states may emigrate freely, but those who leave an ideocracy may be branded as traitors.
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According to Piekalkiewicz and Penn, ideocracies rise and fall in the following manner:
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Bureaucratic authoritarianism: Argentina, 1966–1973, in comparative perspective
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The Brazilian workers' ABC: class conflict and alliances in modern São Paulo
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Portmanteau word combining "ideology" and kratos, Greek for "power"
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sought ideocratic solutions, but were thwarted by British troops.
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Ideocracies in Comparison: Legitimation – Cooptation – Repression
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individuals have rights against the state and are co-equal). As
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In an isolated colony: e.g., White South Africa, and the
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project their own feelings of guilt onto groups of people
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have emerged since the beginning of the 20th century.
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Piekalkiewicz, Jaroslaw; Penn, Alfred Wayne (1995).
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Index

State ideology
Idiocracy
portmanteau word
Greek
government
monistic
authoritarian
totalitarian
ideology
populist
god
monotheistic
Sidney
Beatrice Webb
Nicholas Berdyaev
totalitarian
populist
ideology
planned economy
scientific research and knowledge
Adlai Stevenson II
political legitimacy
project their own feelings of guilt onto groups of people
scapegoats
show trials
pluralist
authoritarian personality
democratization
closed mind
fatalistic

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