Sentences with phrase «autocratic powers»

Monarchs after King John repeatedly fought to restore and retain their autocratic powers.

In the first chapter, Massie writes: «Even as Empress Catherine, at the height of her autocratic power, she wished not only to be admired for her extraordinary mind and obeyed as an empress, but also to find the elemental creature...

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But under the golden halo of absolute power, they became an autocratic «bad emperor» without any formal constitutional means of ridding the system of its excesses.

De-stabilised Middle East, rise of new power in Saudi Arabia, aggressive China, Russia - US tensions, Turkey - Russia escalation, rise of autocratic but nationalists leaders such as Modi in India, Trump in United States, bin - Salman in Middle East, the Geo - Political unease hasn't been this tense in decades, so as a market participant you can never care less than ever.

A complex modern democracy is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with autocratic states as well as in expeditiously conducting its own internal affairs, unless it possesses strong executive powers which are not hedged about in matters of detailed policy and administration by legislative and judicial agencies.

The very existence of power relations, the inequality of the strong and the weak, the mastery of the former over the latter, the differentiation between ruler and ruled was attributed by nineteenth century liberals to autocratic government and is attributed by contemporary Marxists to the class structure of society.

Hence the struggle can only be one of power, either democratic rule of the majority or autocratic rule of a power elite.

The flip - side of that is his autocratic nature made it difficult to make appointments which would diminish his power, but the responsibility for doing that still lay with the club itself — the board and the owner.

Electoral autocracies, are non-democratic regimes that combine the existence of otherwise democratic institutions, like courts, parliaments, electoral authorities, with an autocratic exercise of power.

Barrow's surprise victory and Jammeh's initial decision to concede after 22 years in power was initially seen as a moment of hope on a continent where autocratic leaders are becoming more entrenched.

Moreover, 64 countries did poorly in constraining government powers — which reaffirms the rising tide of autocratic regimes across the globe.»