<Ul> <Li> Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini's Italy, Hideki Tojo's Japan and other fascist dictatorships; </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China and other Stalinist and Soviet - style Communist dictatorships that appeared after World War II in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, China and other countries . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini's Italy, Hideki Tojo's Japan and other fascist dictatorships; </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China and other Stalinist and Soviet - style Communist dictatorships that appeared after World War II in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, China and other countries . </Li> <P> After World War II, dictators established themselves in the several new states of Africa and Asia, often at the expense or failure of the constitutions inherited from the colonial powers . These constitutions often failed to work without a strong middle class or work against the preexisting autocratic rule . Some elected presidents and prime ministers captured power by suppressing the opposition and installing one - party rule and others established military dictatorships through their armies . Whatever their form, these dictatorships had an adverse impact on economic growth and the quality of political institutions . Dictators who stayed in office for a long period of time found it increasingly difficult to carry out sound economic policies . </P>

What rights do citizens have in a dictatorship