Soft authoritarianism refers to
a. a tightening of political controls combined with a loosening of economic controls.
b. the re-emergence of the communist party as a political force in Russia.
c. Russia's increasingly militant actions in its near abroad.
d. a system of informal and formal mechanisms that assure the dominance of a ruling group despite the existence of some forms of political competition and opposition.
e. the use of repressive political controls designed to limit opposition.
d
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