DICTATORSHIP

CREATION OF DICTATORSHIP

• Roman Senate 510BC: in case of emergencies such as rebellions
• Napoleon Bonaparte was the first "modern dictator"

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

• One party ruler, self appointed with no goverment to check their work
• Executions without trial/mocktrials
• The nationalization or expropriation of private property
• Totalistarian:use spys and secret police to remove personal freedoms
• Dictators are normally held to the highest military state

COUNTRIES WITH THIS FORM

• Belarus, China
• Cuba, Iran
• Kazaknstan
• North Korea
• Syria