African military coups d'état, 1956–2001: frequency, trends and distribution

By Pat McGowan. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2003

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Subfields: Development, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Global instances of coups from 1950 to 2010: A new dataset (2009, background): “We begin by 1 For work on specific regions, see Fossum, 1967; Dix, 1994; Jackman, 1978; Kposowa & Jenkins, 1993; Lunde, 1991; McGowan, 2003; Agyeman-Duah, 1990; Decalo, 1990.”
• Patronage and Political Stability in Africa (2009, background): “Violence erupts either because some elites crave a larger share of the spoils controlled by the leader or because those outside the leader’s patronage-based coalition want access to resources to which they have been denied.”