Democracy Paradox Naunihal Singh on the Myth of the Coup Contagion
Sometimes I found people who I was talking to and their coup happened after an elected leader became less democratic. They could very convincingly tell me that their coup was in response to those actions. Then I'd find out that they started plotting the coup years in advance or entertaining it when the situation was very different.
Naunihal Singh
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Naunihal Singh is associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and the author of Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups (2014). He recently wrote the article "The Myth of the Coup Contagion" in the Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:43
- Brief History of Coups - 3:11
- Anti-Coup Norm - 10:33
- Conditions for a Coup - 18:33
- Reinforcing the Anti-Coup Norm - 35:53
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Key Links
"The Myth of the Coup Contagion" by Naunihal Singh in the Journal of Democracy
Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups by Naunihal Singh
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