Question

What is an authoritarian state?

Answer 1

“An authoritarian state is one in which all authority and power are concentrated in the hands of a few, i.e., the government, whose rule is essentially not responsible. The people participate in few of their decisions but are subject to all of them.”

This means that in an authoritarian state, a small group or a single leader holds power without being accountable to the public. Citizens have limited political freedoms, and the government often rules by force or coercion.