TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Bruin,Erica
TI  - How to prevent coups d'état: counterbalancing and regime survival 
SN  - 9781501751929
AV  - JC494 .H698 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Coups d'état
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Civil war
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Political stability
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Civil-military relations
KW  - National security
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: Preventing Coups d'état --; 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'état Escalate to Civil War --; Conclusion: Coercive Institutions and Regime Survival; 2; b
N2  - "In this book Erica De Bruin shows that how rulers design and organize their coercive institutions affects the survival of their regimes. Balancing the military with republican guards, secret police, and militia makes attempts to oust rulers more likely to fail. However, counterbalancing carries risks. When forces outside the regular military chain of command compete for arms and recruits, resentment among military officers can provoke coup attempts even as counterbalancing creates obstacles to a coup's execution."--
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