Category
page 1Changes in political power
coup d'état
act in which a segment of the military or government elites uses force to illegally and overtly overthrow an incumbent government in an attempt to seize state power
Treaty of Verdun
843 treaty dividing the Frankish Empire between the grandsons of Charlemagne
secession
Secession (from ) is a term and a concept which is used in reference to the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.
regime change
replacement of one political regime (system) with another
power vacuum
term used in political science
Shan Rang
transfer of the throne peacefully in ancient China
3.5% rule
concept in political science, according to which 3.5% of the population is enough to participate in nonviolent protests for a change of power
Establishment of Soviet power in Russia (1917–1918)
Russian Civil War
deposition
removal of a politician or monarch