LEADER 03059nam 2200577 450 001 9910808887103321 005 20230803202944.0 010 $a1-4214-1337-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125333 035 $a(EBL)3318826 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001281872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11703892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001281872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11354935 035 $a(PQKB)10820669 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318826 035 $a(OCoLC)881781722 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318826 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10882723 035 $a(OCoLC)884585719 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125333 100 $a20140624h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeizing power $ethe strategic logic of military coups /$fNaunihal Singh 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4214-1336-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Theory -- Counting coups -- Coups from the top of the military -- Coups from the middle -- Coups from the bottom -- USSR, 1991: three days that changed the world -- Conclusion. 330 $a"While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical work on the subject. Seizing Power develops a new theory of coup dynamics and outcomes, drawing on 300 hours of interviews with coup participants and an original dataset of 471 coup attempts worldwide from 1950 to 2000. Naunihal Singh delivers a concise and empirical evaluation, arguing that understanding the dynamics of military factions is essential to predicting the success or failure of coups. Singh draws on an aspect of game theory known as a coordination game to explain coup dynamics. He finds a strong correlation between successful coups and the ability of military actors to project control and the inevitability of success. Examining Ghana's multiple coups and the 1991 coup attempt in the USSR, Singh shows how military actors project an image of impending victory that is often more powerful than the reality on the ground. In his close analysis of ten coups in Ghana from 1967 to 1981, Singh identifies three distinct points of coup origination: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers."--Publisher's website. 606 $aCoups d'e?tat 606 $aCoups d'e?tat$zGhana 607 $aGhana$2fast 615 0$aCoups d'e?tat. 615 0$aCoups d'e?tat 676 $a355.02 700 $aSingh$b Naunihal$01665574 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808887103321 996 $aSeizing power$94024285 997 $aUNINA