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Third World Military Coups

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within underdeveloped countries. This is most often the case since the current political system is not stable enough to necessarily protect itself from such opposition. Furthermore, underdeveloped countries  often have regimes which are oppressive and leave the masses essentially hopeless, therefore providing incentive for the coup. However, while some coups  have brought about positive change, most often the coup is representative of a radicalized minority of the population. Quite often they assert themselves through extreme violence and cause terror  and chaos in the country in which they operate. Why Do Military Coups and Regimes Occur in the Third World?  "Like revolutions and people power uprisings, military coups are extra-constitutional routes to political change" (The Fear of Coups, 2002). According to proponents of coups, they serve to expose the  fragility of institutions and basic political processes. An example of this would be the Filipinos who have endured 30 years of relative chaos in terms of their political system.  They have seen seven coup attempts in the past 30 years as well as a history of martial law.  Clearly, these people will find it obviously difficult to return to a system of order and reliance on traditional political regimes. In fact, such disruption in the faith of  people in regard to constitutional order means that such societies rely even more predominantly on extra-constitutional means of effecting change. Furthermore, this reliance grows in proportion to the disenchantment  of the people in response to flawed institutions and leaders. However, such disenchantment is also possible in regards to the