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Opposition: In politics, the opposition refers to the political party or parties that do not hold power and are not part of the government. They play a crucial role in scrutinizing the government's policies, holding them accountable, and presenting alternative viewpoints. See also Politics, Parliamentary system, Power, Political parties.
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Daniel Ziblatt on Opposition - Dictionary of Arguments

Levitsky I 124
Opposition/Levitsky/Ziblatt: In almost every case of the collapse of a democracy (...) prospective autocrats - from Franco, Hitler, and Mussolini in the interwar period to Marcos, Castro, and Pinochet in the Cold War era to Putin, Chávez, and Erdoğan in recent times - justified their accumulation of power by presenting their opponents as an existential threat. See >Opposition/Spain
, >Opposition/United States.

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The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Ziblatt, Daniel


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