Dyktatura
Dyktatura, or dictatorship, is a form of government in which supreme political power is concentrated in the hands of a single ruler or a small ruling group. In such regimes, political pluralism is minimized or eliminated, civil liberties are restricted, and authority is exercised without the consent of the governed, often through rule by decree and suppression of opposition. The term derives from the Latin dictator.
Dictatorships can take different shapes, including personalist regimes centered on a single leader, military juntas that
Common mechanisms include censorship and propaganda, secret police, imprisonment of dissidents, controlled elections with no real
Historically notable examples span across eras: personalist regimes such as Mussolini's Italy; military dictatorships like Pinochet's
Transition from dictatorship to democracy occurs through varied processes, including negotiated reforms, civil resistance, external pressure,