International Conflict, International Security Environment, and Military Coups. Issue 5 (3rd September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- International Conflict, International Security Environment, and Military Coups. Issue 5 (3rd September 2018)
- Main Title:
- International Conflict, International Security Environment, and Military Coups
- Authors:
- Kim, Nam Kyu
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Why do some countries repeatedly experience military coups while others seem immune? Are countries more prone to military coups when faced with external threats? The answers to these questions still remain contested: While several scholars hold that countries facing external threats are more vulnerable to coups, others argue that such countries are actually more secure from coups. I argue that by failing to distinguish between immediate and acute threats, caused by wars and militarized conflicts, and chronic threats from a state's international security environment, the existing literature ignores the possibility that these two types of external threats differently affect the likelihood of coups. I propose that wars and militarized conflicts, infrequent and often short lived, decrease coup propensity, while a threatening security environment increases coup risk. I find strong supporting evidence that the presence of chronic international threats increases the likelihood of coups while acute international conflicts lower that likelihood.
- Is Part Of:
- International interactions. Volume 44:Issue 5(2018)
- Journal:
- International interactions
- Issue:
- Volume 44:Issue 5(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 44, Issue 5 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0044-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 936
- Page End:
- 952
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-03
- Subjects:
- Civil–military relations -- coups -- democracy -- external threats -- interstate disputes
International relations -- Research -- Periodicals
327 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gini20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/03050629.2018.1466288 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0305-0629
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- Legaldeposit
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