statism
Centralizing political doctrine
Statism is the belief that a central government should control economic and social policy, with the state holding significant power over citizens' lives.
The term is almost always used critically by those who favor limited government, free markets, or individual liberty: His opponents accused him of statism.
The adjective is statist.
State controls everything absolutely
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- autocracyRule by one
repression · oppression · coercion · surveillance · censorship · propaganda · indoctrination · strongman
Group primacy doctrine
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
Marxism · Leninism · Stalinism · Maoism · paternalism · dirigisme · interventionism · protectionism
Rigid administrative system
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
ministry · parliament · legislature · cabinet · polity · nationalization · public sector · civil service
Rule by few
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- technocracyGovernance by technical experts
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
- kleptocracyState-sponsored looting system
command economy · planned economy · central planning · apparatchik
English political philosopher
- HegelGerman absolute idealist philosopher
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
Leviathan · political philosophy · communitarianism · anti-individualism · utilitarianism · pragmatism · positivism · determinism
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- licensingGranting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- complianceAdhering to requirements
standards · inspection · enforcement · mandates · controls · quotas · tariffs · sanctions
totalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
autocracy · repression · oppression · coercion · surveillance · censorship · propaganda · indoctrination · strongman · junta
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
fascism · Marxism · Leninism · Stalinism · Maoism · paternalism · dirigisme · interventionism · protectionism · corporatism
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
sovereignty · ministry · parliament · legislature · cabinet · polity · nationalization · public sector · civil service · government monopoly
oligarchy
Rule by few
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- technocracyGovernance by technical experts
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
kleptocracy · command economy · planned economy · central planning · apparatchik
Hobbes
English political philosopher
- HegelGerman absolute idealist philosopher
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
sovereignty · Leviathan · political philosophy · communitarianism · anti-individualism · utilitarianism · pragmatism · positivism · determinism · organicism
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- licensingGranting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
compliance · standards · inspection · enforcement · mandates · controls · quotas · tariffs · sanctions · price controls
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- political theoryanarchism, authoritarianism, conservatism, democracy, fascism
- economic systemscapitalism, mercantilism, communism, feudalism, socialism
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- Political Theoriesliberalism, conservatism, Marxism, socialism, fascism
- Statismcentralization, centralized power, central authority, government control, big government
statismlibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
anarchism · laissez-faire · individualism · classical liberalism · small government
statismprivatization
State sells public assets
free enterprise · Austrian economics · free market · capitalism · market economy
statismanarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
spontaneous order · voluntary association · mutualism · self-organization · civil society
- statistical analysisMathematical examination of datasets
- vital statisticsPopulation movement records
- crime statisticsNumerical records of offenses
- statistical chartsVisual data representations
- statistical trendsDirections in numerical data
- statistically significantUnlikely by chance alone
statistics, statistical, statistician, statistically, statist, statists, biostatistics