Publication: Back to the Barracks: Disentangling Heterogeneous Effects of Coups d'État on Democratization
| datacite.rights | restricted | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Boix, Carles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Berenson, Yonah G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-05T17:25:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-05T17:25:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-04-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Military coups d’état are often seen as detrimental to democracy, but most coups occur in nondemocratic countries. Consequently, a number of scholars have suggested that coups can play a pivotal role in democratization, but others have pointed to heterogeneous effects of coups d’état on democratization. In this thesis, I use linear-regression models with country- and year-fixed effects along with two comparative case studies to test the relationship between various conditions and post-coup democratization. I find that a country’s having recently been a democracy, the presence of protests during the coup, and a country’s having recently experienced another successful coup have positive correlations with post-coup democratization as compared with coups that occur in the absence of those conditions, although not necessarily as compared with the absence of a coup altogether. I also suggest that coups led by officers with ideological goals will be less likely to lead to democracy. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://theses-dissertations.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp019g54xn10g | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.title | Back to the Barracks: Disentangling Heterogeneous Effects of Coups d'État on Democratization | |
| dc.type | Princeton University Senior Theses | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| dspace.workflow.startDateTime | 2025-04-03T16:55:31.016Z | |
| pu.contributor.authorid | 920308552 | |
| pu.date.classyear | 2025 | |
| pu.department | Politics |
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