En las tinieblas de Brumario: cuatro siglos de reflexión política sobre el golpe de Estado.
2008; Center for Political and Constitutional Studies; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1989-063X
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Studies on Spain
ResumoThis article tries to study the historical evolution of the several the-oretical explanations about coup d'etat since its first definition in the XVIIth Century until the present. After a preliminary attempt of definition and characterization as a conspirative, violent and juridically iIlegal action often related with usurping political strategies designed by institutions like the Army, this work resumes some basic questions in the current debate about coups: their function as a symbol and ins-trument of modernizing praetorianism, their ties with the socioeconomica! problems experimented by underdeveloped countries, and their role as a cause and consequence of the instability endured by gover-nements politically weakened in their authority and legitimacy.
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