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define coupe d'etat
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a sudden illegal displacement of govt in which members of the security forces play a prominent role
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name and describe one of three coups
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a guardian coup is where the military intervenes in order to rescue the state from civilian mismanagement. They considered it their duty to replace their incompetent civilian predeccessors.Also corruption, and innefficiency is targeted while the politicians of the old regime are purged. Nigeria was considered to have experienced severial guardian coups in the post colonial period.
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personal rule
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where one individual dominates political activity within a territory
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characteristics of personal rule
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One characteristic is arbitury. Arbitury rule replaces the rule of law. the second characteristic is that it encourages competition among intra-govt factions.
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