Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A benevolent dictatorship is a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state but is perceived to do so with regard for the benefit of the population as a whole. It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests.
One of Marcos' rationalizations for martial law stated that there was a need to "reform society" [157]: 66 by placing it under the control of a "benevolent dictator" who could guide the undisciplined populace through a period of chaos. [157]: 29 [212] He referred to this social engineering exercise as the bagong lipunan or "new society".
Ferdinand Marcos developed a cult of personality as a way of remaining President of the Philippines for 20 years, [1] [2] in a way that political scientists [who?] have compared to other authoritarian and totalitarian leaders such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, [3] but also to more contemporary dictators such as Suharto in Indonesia, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and the Kim dynasty of North Korea.
The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count in Monday’s presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy.
Ledivina Vidallon Cariño was a Filipino sociologist and political scientist. She was University Professor (the highest academic rank in the University of the Philippines), and later University Professor Emeritus, at the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP-NCPAG).
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the Soviet Union during the period of Joseph Stalin's rule, along with Nazi Germany, was a "modern example" of a totalitarian state, being among "the first examples of decentralized or popular totalitarianism, in which the state achieved overwhelming popular support for its leadership."
In 1930, Lee enrolled at Telok Kurau English School where he spent six years of his primary education. [32] [33] Attending Raffles Institution in 1935, Lee did poorly in his first two years but later topped the Junior Cambridge examinations. [34] He also joined the Scouts and partook in several physical activities and debates. [35]
Rodrigo Duterte, the merciless president of the Philippines, publicly demanded the nation’s customs honcho lethally shoot all drug smugglers, reported The Associated Press. The stunning order ...