No Easy Way Out: The Effect of Military Coups on State Repression
@article{Lachapelle2020NoEW, title={No Easy Way Out: The Effect of Military Coups on State Repression}, author={J. Lachapelle}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, year={2020}, volume={82}, pages={1354 - 1372} }
Military coups are often advocated as solutions for ending state-sponsored atrocities. Yet, we know little about coups’ precise consequences. This article estimates the effect of coups on state repression by exploiting the element of chance in whether an attempted coup succeeds or fails. Contrary to popular views of coups as remedies against repressive autocrats, I find no evidence that coups have a pacifying effect on state repression. Rather, coups appear to make matters worse, even when… CONTINUE READING
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