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... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > power and political science > coup d'état
social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political change > coup d'état

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coup d'état  

Definition

  • A coup d'état is an illegal change of government speedily effected by a group based within the machinery of state through the threat or actual use of violence. Coups d'état are important to the study of power in three ways. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Coup D'État]

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