Keywords
Authoritarian state regime, ideology, undemocratic state regime, psychological fear, totalitarianism.
Abstract
Authors examine the defining characteristics of individual types of undemocratic state regimes and the psychological justifications that justify the population's support for such regimes. The findings are applied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, where the defining features of undemocratic state regimes and the use of means that psychologically justify state repression and the absence of a democratic state regime are sought.