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How to Prevent Coups d'État : Counterbalancing and Regime Survival /

"In this book Erica De Bruin shows that how rulers design and organize their coercive institutions affects the survival of their regimes. Balancing the military with republican guards, secret police, and militia makes attempts to oust rulers more likely to fail. However, counterbalancing carrie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Bruin, Erica, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Preventing Coups d'etat
  • The Logic of Counterbalancing
  • Counterbalancing and Coup Failure
  • How Counterbalancing Works: Testing the Causal Mechanisms
  • An Effective Deterrent? Counterbalancing and Coup Attempts
  • Challenges to Building Coercive Institutions
  • How Coups d'etat Escalate to Civil War
  • Conclusion: Coercive Institutions and Regime Survival.