Authoritarian conservatism

• what do authoritarian conservatives stress?

  the need to conserve the traditional structures and institutions of society during a transition to modernity and globalisation
• 20th and 21st century authoritarian conservative regimes are described as:

  • 1. Nationalist - Encourages a strong sense of national unity and identity

  • 2. Anti-pluralist (of beliefs, culture, race, etc)

  • 3. Anti-democracy

  • 4. Aggressively anti-communist/ socialist/ liberal

  • 5. Aggressively Defensive of traditional values and institutions.

  • 6. Militaristic (respect for and authority of the military)

  • 7. Clericalist (respect for and authority of the Church)
• example of the authoritarian conservatives

  The Greek Military Junta (1967-74)

  • Commonly known as the Regime of the Colonels or The Junta, was a series of far-right military junta sthat ruled Greece following the 1967 coup d'état led by a group of colonels on 21 April. The dictatorship ended on 24

  July 1974 under the pressure of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
• example of authoritarian conservatism

  Augusto Pinochet

  was a Chilean general and, politician

  and the dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 who

  remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean

  Army until 1998 and was also President of the Government

  Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981.

  Pinochet assumed power in Chile following a United States-

  backed coup d'état on 11 September 1973 that overthrew

  the democratically elected socialist government and

  ended civilian rule.
• what is authoritarian conservatism in reaction to?

  ideology that flourished in southern and eastern european countries
• similarities between fascism and authoritarian conservatism

  authority