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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1. Verfasser: De Bruin, Erica, 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Zusammenfassung:"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 carries risks. When forces outside the regular military chain of command compete for arms and recruits, resentment among military officers can provoke coup attempts even as counterbalancing creates obstacles to a coup's execution."--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501751929
150175193X
9781501751936
1501751921

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