03049nam 2200589 450 991082288820332120201117192101.01-5017-5192-110.1515/9781501751936(CKB)5590000000002801(OCoLC)1140380459(MdBmJHUP)muse85325(MiAaPQ)EBC6010763(DE-B1597)545609(DE-B1597)9781501751936(StDuBDS)EDZ0002535096(OCoLC)1224278055(EXLCZ)99559000000000280120210416e20212020 fy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHow to prevent coups d'état counterbalancing and regime survival /Erica De Bruin[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2021.1 online resource (1 online resource)Cornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2020.1-5017-5191-3 1-5017-5193-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.When rulers use presidential guards, militarized police, and militia to counterbalance the regular military, efforts to oust them from power via coups d'état are less likely to succeed. Even as counterbalancing helps to prevent successful interventions, however, the resentment that it generates within the regular military can provoke new coup attempts. And because counterbalancing changes how soldiers and police perceive the costs and benefits of a successful overthrow, it can create incentives for protracted fighting that result in the escalation of a coup into full-blown civil war. Drawing on an original dataset of state security forces in 110 countries over a span of fifty years, as well as case studies of coup attempts in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, the book sheds light on how counterbalancing affects regime survival.Cornell scholarship online.Coups d'étatPreventionCivil warPreventionPolitical leadershipCivil-military relationsCoups d'étatPrevention.Civil warPrevention.Political leadership.Civil-military relations.327.112MD 8600rvkDe Bruin Erica1982-1720886StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910822888203321How to prevent coups d'état4119957UNINA