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Power and Authority - Coggle Diagram
Power and Authority
Sources of Power and Authority
Constitutions
Determines power
Sets the highest level of rules
Religion
Military forces
Political Parties
Legislatures
Popular Support
Changes in Power and Authority
Change can occur gradually and incrementally, or suddenly as a result of elections, coups d'etat or revolutions
Coup d'etat
Usually the result of a small group of elites which overthrows the government
Revolution
A public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime
Public play a role in seizing power
People involved are working to gain control of the state
Objective is not simply removing those in power but removing the entire regime
Seek to fundamentally remake the institutions of politics and often economic and societal institutions as well