TY - JOUR
T1 - Are coups good for democracy?
AU - Derpanopoulos, George
AU - Frantz, Erica
AU - Geddes, Barbara
AU - Wright, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Barbara Geddes and Joseph Wright acknowledge funding for this research from the National Science Foundation (BCS-0904478 and BCS-090463).
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© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - A number of recent studies argue that coups can help usher in democracy. We examine this relationship empirically by looking at the political regimes that follow coups in autocracies, as well as the level of repression against citizens. We find that, though democracies are occasionally established in the wake of coups, more often new authoritarian regimes emerge, along with higher levels of state-sanctioned violence.
AB - A number of recent studies argue that coups can help usher in democracy. We examine this relationship empirically by looking at the political regimes that follow coups in autocracies, as well as the level of repression against citizens. We find that, though democracies are occasionally established in the wake of coups, more often new authoritarian regimes emerge, along with higher levels of state-sanctioned violence.
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U2 - 10.1177/2053168016630837
DO - 10.1177/2053168016630837
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020170034
SN - 2053-1680
VL - 3
JO - Research and Politics
JF - Research and Politics
IS - 1
ER -