Word: authoritarianism
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...often inconceivable to students themselves that they could attempt to influence policy in the way that the Harvard Council for Undergraduate Affairs tried to do. One of the sources of this attitude is probably the hierarchical, authoritarian nature of Indian society where respect for elders is a central value...
...rule of law." With remarkable consensus, jurists from quite different countries agreed that the phrase means certain bedrock basics of justice, such as freedom of speech, press, worship, assembly and equal protection of the laws. Warning that "the state exists to serve man," the commission has needled authoritarian governments ever since...
...first three decades of this century, all sorts of Americans were calling for revolution, but they meant quite different things by it. Some wanted revenge on a society that had neglected them; others, exasperated by the tortuous process of democracy, wanted an authoritarian master who would correct all injustice. Max Eastman simply wanted everybody to be as happy...
Among the problems mentioned in the report were inadequate library facilities and a reluctance in the colleges to employ modern teaching methods. "The main problem," Epps said, "was to overcome the authoritarian atmosphere and the tradition of rote learning...
What really happened in these and other situations, Pettigrew maintained, can better be described as an "our-from-under-the-rocks" phenomenon. Anti-Negro candidates for political office in the North often succeed, at least for a time, is attracting to the polls many otherwise "apathetic, alienated, authoritarian, or uninformed" citizens who ordinarily do not vote. This phenomenon is a polarization of existing attitudes, rather than a sudden change as is implied by the term "backlash...