Origins of Power
Dictators may attain power in a number of ways.
- Family dictatorship - inheriting power through family ties
- Military dictatorship - through military force or coup d'etat. In Latin America, military dictatorships were often ruled by committees known as military juntas.
- Constitutional dictatorship - dictatorial powers provided for by constitutional means (often as a proviso in case of emergency)
- Self-coup - by suspending existing democratic mechanisms after attaining office by constitutional means
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