Add to ORKGThis study develops a leader-centric theory of civil-military relations that expands upon three broad areas of research. Specifically, the study suggests that leaders will evaluate multiple threats to their political survival and will ultimately implement strategy that is most likely to keep them in power. While Downs (1957) has noted such a tendency in democracies, this study expands this rationale to authoritarian regimes by focusing on the primary means of authoritarian removal: the military coup. In contrast to the state-centric nature of traditional international relations theory, this dissertation finds that leaders frequently undermine the power of the state in order to accomplish the self-interested goal of political survival. First...
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The exis...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
Literature on coup-proofing often suggests that such activities reduce military effectiveness, which...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Coup-proofing occurs when a leader arranges his military to prevent military leaders from overthrowi...
Although there has been a great deal of scholarly work that explores the various determinants of cou...
Although there has been a great deal of scholarly work that explores the various determinants of cou...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The exis...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
Literature on coup-proofing often suggests that such activities reduce military effectiveness, which...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Political leaders face threats to their power from both within and outside the regime. Leaders can b...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Coup-proofing occurs when a leader arranges his military to prevent military leaders from overthrowi...
Although there has been a great deal of scholarly work that explores the various determinants of cou...
Although there has been a great deal of scholarly work that explores the various determinants of cou...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The exis...
Diversionary war theory holds that insecure leaders are more likely to pursue aggressive foreign pol...
Literature on coup-proofing often suggests that such activities reduce military effectiveness, which...