Bennett, Daniel L.; Bjørnskov, Christian; Gohmann, … - 2019
types of regime transitions. We hypothesize that when coups are conducted by members of the incumbent political elite, they … are likely to remove barriers to change while coup makers outside of the ruling elite are more likely to do the opposite … and thus protect themselves from what remains of the elite in the political system. Using the Bjørnskov-Rode coup data …
