Word: authoritarianism
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...every day or so, and they hear Drolette, for instance-he is a big, bearded, powerful-looking man who likes hunting, fishing and John Wayne-tell them that clients come in "all slumped over, feeling awful. They're carrying the old male role around on their backs, the authoritarian provider, but it doesn't work any more. They've got female bosses now, and their wives and kids are rebelling." D'Aguanno, 37, a tall man, somewhat slighter than Drolette and no fan of Hollywood's Duke, says they have all noticed that the disarmament...
...soon forced, if reluctantly, to deliver considerable control of the new Protestant church into the hands of secular rulers who alone could ensure the survival of the Reformation. Luther spoke of "two kingdoms." the spiritual and the secular, and his writings provided strong theological support for authoritarian government and Christian docility...
...parental rights or disciplinary needs supercede the constitutional rights of American schoolchildren, then why not let petty authoritarian dictators paternally cattle prod their "child-like" political dissidents. That suck logic seens so natural rather than perversely twisted underlines a certain national moral psychosis. A student's right is a distinct set of projections, not just an abstract concept for memorization and regurgitation on the civics exam. If schools and the courts forget that, they can easily produce the most mathematical geniuses and moral fools--all with the discipline to make 1984 ring true...
...Ambassador to the Philippines from 1973 to 1977 and then Ambassador to Iran until April 1979, wrote of "the parallels between the American dilemma in Manila today and our problems in Tehran in 1978." He warned of the "dangerous similarity" of U.S. ties in each case to "an authoritarian leader without a popular base of support." In an interview with TIME, Sullivan said that the U.S. should encourage Marcos "to make an amicable deal with the moderate opposition in order to restore democracy, neutralize the small but growing ranks of the radicals, and avert civil...
...Center for International Affairs is another chapter in the controversial relationship that Harvard has had with South Korea Most memorably, the University accepted a $1 million dollar contribution from a South Korean government organization which prompted a debate about whether it was proper to take money from the authoritarian regime...