The Myth of the Coup Contagion

Singh, N.

doi:10.1353/jod.2022.0048

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“…From 2020 through (December) 2022, by contrast, and despite the fact that Africa only First, was there evidence of "contagion" or coupmakers being inspired by recent coups in region, or were the causes nearly exclusively domestic? Although scholars have long argued that coups often "diffuse" across borders and thus cluster in space and time, the extreme bounds analysis by Miller et al (2018) casts doubt on the "coup contagion" hypothesis in general, and Faulkner et al (2022) and Singh (2022) have questioned this explanation for recent coups in Africa in particular. Indeed, given the lack of a "smoking gun, " it is difficult to establish that direct diffusioneither through learning or changing the cost-benefit calculus of coupmakers-was a key cause for any given coup.…”

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African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

Chin

Kirkpatrick

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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What explains the explosion of coup activity in Africa over the last few years? To answer this question, this article presents narrative summaries—a current history—of all eleven coups attempts in Africa between August 2020 and November 2022. We then discuss the most relevant causal explanations for the observed increase in coup frequency in Africa in this period. Though we find relatively little evidence of direct coup diffusion or democratic backsliding as coup triggers, our findings suggest that coup-struck African countries over the last few years are disproportionately poor, have a recent history of coups, and face ongoing dilemmas of democratic consolidation. Ongoing Islamist insurgencies may have helped precipitate recent coups in West Africa but not elsewhere.

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African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

Chin

Kirkpatrick

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“…In this vein, the US supported the coup itself and championed the peaceful transition of power and the Sudanese people's prerogative to elect a civilian president. 68 It is worth noting that the relationship between the US and Al-Bashir had been strained, elucidating the US's backing for this political transformation. Many countries, including Egypt, rallied behind the American standpoint.…”

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Coup in International Law: Between Theory and Reality

Alweqyan

2024

Journal of East Asia and International Law

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Specifically, the matter of coups against governments -particularly those resulting from legitimate democratic elections -requires a more resolute approach. This entails criminalizing such actions and imposing substantial penalties on the individuals responsible. By doing so, the goal is to dissuade potential revolutionaries from attempting this act, given the clear stance and condemnation it would receive from the international community. Furthermore, it is imperative to highlight the international community's inconsistent response to coups. This inconsistency becomes evident in the varying levels of support for different coups, seemingly influenced by the international community's relationship with the affected state and, notably, its ousted president. This underscores the necessity for well-defined and unambiguous regulations governing coups themselves.

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“…La gran mayoría expiraba gradualmente, a manos de mandatarios electos que socavaban paso a paso sus instituciones, en un proceso descripto como reversión o backsliding (Bermeo, 2016;Scheppele, 2022) o también autocratización (Lührmann y Lindberg, 2019). Los clásicos golpes militares han quedado casi confinados al África Subsahariana, donde han resurgido desde 2021 (Singh, 2022).…”

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democracia en crisis: desafíos y perspectivas

Jorge¹

2023

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La democracia está en crisis en el mundo y afronta su prueba más difícil desde el ascenso de los fascismos en la década del 30. El artículo analiza el modo como su declive se ha manifestado con intensidad creciente desde la primera década del siglo, con el estancamiento y regresión de nuevas democracias, la erosión de las ya establecidas, el resurgimiento de la extrema derecha y la renovada vitalidad de los regímenes autocráticos. El trabajo examina las interpretaciones de esta declinación según los principales enfoques teóricos y los datos de los estudios anuales que monitorean el estado de la democracia en el mundo. Indaga asimismo las posibles causas de la erosión democrática -las transformaciones socioeconómicas y tecnológicas, la globalización, el cambio cultural y el nuevo contexto geopolítico- y las perspectivas hacia el futuro. Este último no está determinado y dependerá de la aptitud de sociedades y gobiernos para identificar y resolver los problemas que generan la crisis. Demostrar su capacidad de mejorar la vida de los ciudadanos es el principal reto que la democracia tiene por delante.

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The Myth of the Coup Contagion

Cited by 9 publications

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African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

Coup in International Law: Between Theory and Reality

democracia en crisis: desafíos y perspectivas

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