Unchecked state autonomy

Name(s): 
Autonarchy
Background 
The word autonarchy was coined by James L. Payne, a USA scholar. He asked: "If rule by the people is democracy, and rule by a king is monarchy, and rule by a single individual is oligarchy, what word describes government that controls itself ?" He suggested "autonarchy".
Incidence 
In an analysis of the testimony of 1,060 witnesses in 14 hearings on proposed federal programmes in the US, only seven opposed proposed spending, a 145-to-1 ratio. Of the witnesses, 63% represented government acting as an interest group. Another 33% were lobbyists for groups purporting to be, and generally perceived to be, private-sector institutions. However, many of these groups are semi-government entities, or extensions of government in that they receive government contracts and grants; often their leaders are former government officials. The fact is that almost no one testifies against government programmes. The conclusion draw is that government views on spending programmes are shaped by government officials themselves.
Broader 
Authoritarian regimes
Undemocratic social systems
Inadequate system of political checks and balances
Related 
Totalitarianism
Single party democracies
Unchecked community spending
Abdication of government ministerial control
Inadequate control over government administrative process
Aggravates 
Excessive government control
Unreported government spending
Inappropriate public spending by government
Inadequate management of government finances
Wastage in governmental budgets and appropriations
Aggravated by 
Inadequate objectivity of institutions
Strategy(ies) 
Government forcing of economic development
Checking state autonomy
Value(s) 
Autonomy
Unchecked
Reference(s) 
Falk, Richard: Explorations at the Edge of Time: reinventing democracy in the nuclear age
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems