Question

The term used to describe a state in which authoritarian elements have captured some or much of the machinery of state and use this in an attempt to deny basic political and civil liberties.

Answer 1

The answer is "Pseudo-democracies".

Pseudo-Democracies portrays a political framework which calls itself popularity based, yet offers no genuine decision for the subjects. This absence of decision can originate from restricted measure of assorted gatherings qualified for a vote, established power structures which are not so much influenced by any vote, no accessibility of a voting choice "nothing unless there are other options" for voters who support change to the current political scene, no direct popularity based means, and so forth .