Democracy and authoritarian regimes have always been at odds with each other. Authoritarian regimes were the oldest and most common form of government, while the world's oldest democracy began in Athens, around 40 BC The effects of authoritarian regimes and transitional authoritarian regimes made for very interesting and meaningful reading , with many nuanced subtle details that you wouldn't expect. I entered this research project with the main question: What are the effects of civil society under an authoritarian government compared to a democratic government, and how is an authoritarian civil society affected if it transitions to democracy? After reading and researching to create my hypothesis, I felt that an authoritarian government constitutes a weaker civil society at its core, compared to the stronger and more capable civil society of a democratic government because authoritarian governments govern in such a way that repress protests against democratic government. government. Literature Review After analyzing different literatures while developing my research paper and thoughts, I examined regimes from around the world, such as Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, and others. Many of these countries provided a lot of information and trends that each country had. The first of my research was about the center itself and the basis of my research paper: civil societies and how they are affected. How to Deal with the Past by Anatoly and Stanley G. Payne Civil societies are the heart and root of for everything that has to do socially and governmentally, there would be no government without its people, there would be no one who would govern except there were subjects and, as such, there would be no society. That means… half of the article… n Fred I. Greenstein and Nel-son Polsby, eds., Handbook of Political Science, vol. 3 (Reading, Mass: Addison - Wesley, 1975)11. Civil Society and the Authoritarian State: Cooperation, Contestation and Discourse by Lewis, David. Journal for Cultural Research April 2010, vol. 14 Number 2, pp. 197 - 22012. Transition to democracy and political culture: an analysis of the conflict between civil society and politics in post-authoritarian Brazil by: Avritzer, Leonardo. Constellations: an international journal of critical and democratic theory. October 1995, vol. 2 Number 2, page. 24213. Civil society and the legacy of dictatorship by Michael Bernhard and Ekrem Kara-koc, World Politics, vol. 59, no. 4 (July 2007), pp. 539 – 56714. Shirah, R. (2012). Authoritarian decline in new democracies. Conference Papers – American Political Science Association, 1-23.