Dictatorships, democracies and the people
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Purpose – The paper aims to consider system and control ideas which are useful in analysing problems in human science. Design/methodology/approach – Three arts of dictatorships are considered, namely: dictatorship in a developing country, dictatorship in a developed country and the global dictatorship. The conditions leading to these dictatorships are explained. Findings – Two arts of democracies are discussed and the common parameters of democracies and dictatorships are determined. In all the above, the position of the people is discussed. Originality/value – An ideal democracy is suggested which can be considered as a goal for a better world and as reference for evaluation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Kybernetes
دوره 38 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009