The Military's Impact on Democratic Development

Midwives or gravediggers of democracy?
Herausgeber: Kuehn, David

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume addresses the military's potential political role as the midwife for democratic transitions, or the gravedigger of democratic rule. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Democratization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138485594
• ISBN-10: 1138485594
• Artikelnr.: 52491946

Autorenporträt

David Kuehn is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, Germany. His main research interests include civil-military relations, democratization, authoritarianism and social science methodology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Midwives or gravediggers of democracy? The military's impact
on democratic development David Kuehn 1. Military loyalty and the failure
of democratization in Africa: how ethnic armies shape the capacity of
presidents to defy term limits Kristen A. Harkness 2. Economic
interdependence and post-coup democratization Mwita Chacha and Jonathan
Powell 3. Explaining military coups and impeachments in Latin America
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and John Polga-Hecimovich 4. Conditions of military
contestation in populist Latin America David Kuehn and Harold Trinkunas