Dictatorship is a form of government where all the powers of the state are concentrated in one man or in one party or in one group. Dictatorship is classified as traditional and modem, old and new, leftisit fascist, communist, and military. The old type of dictorship existed in ancient Greece and Rome; they are temporary and appointed during crisis. Modem dictatorship is of new type and permanent.
Modem dictatorship has taken three forms:
- Fascist or Nazi dictatorship as it existed in Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
- Party Dictatorship as was found in U.S.S.R. and found at present in china
- Military Dictatorships as found in Pakistan and some African and Latin American countries.
