What is a coup? Are coup attempts usually successful? What are the consequences of coups?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. A coup occurs when the top leader or part of the leadership group is replaced by violent means or the explicit threat of violence. Coups are most common in political systems that have no institutionalized procedures for leadership succession. Typically, political violence against the top leadership group is organized by other members of the political leadership, by a rival political group, or by the military.
2. Most coup attempts fail, and the number of successful coups per year has dropped from about 12 to 6 in the past two decades.
3. Typically, a coup is followed by a period of extremely autocratic rule, but the period until there is turnover to competitive elections has shortened, particularly due to international pressure for democratic processes.
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