عنوان

Military commercialism and coup behavior

Number

TL48560

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Military commercialism and coup behavior

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Matthew E. Walker

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Stefes, Christoph

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Colorado at Denver

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

77

Text of Note

Committee members: Breger Bush, Sasha; McGuffey, Lucy

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-30466-3

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Political Science

Body granting the degree

University of Colorado at Denver

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

When do states experience coup d'états? Previous studies of military intervention have analyzed various social conditions that have been assessed as determinants of coup behavior. Relationships between select social conditions and coup behavior are often determined by how a variable motivates military movement and creates opportunities for intervention. Separately, comparative studies of military behavior during the 2011 Arab uprisings have assessed that the Egyptian armed forces' seizure of the state was motivated by commercial interests, a notion not addressed by previous studies of coup behavior. Military-owned enterprises have become common in states that struggle to provide adequate budgetary support to their armed forces. This study hypothesizes that militaries engaged in commercial activities are more likely to engage in coup behavior than armed forces that derive budgetary support solely from the state. This hypothesis is derived from the assumption that commercial activity expands the institutional interests of the armed forces and, consequently, makes them far more sensitive to socio-economic conditions. Regimes that implement ineffective domestic policy are more likely threatened by military intervention. This study will empirically test the hypothesized relationship between military commercialism and intervention using a similar systems design to select and evaluate cases from a regional sample.

Political science; Military studies

Subject Term

Social sciences;Behavior;Commercialism;Coup d'etat;Intervention;Military

Parvanehvar, Alireza

Stefes, Christoph

Subdivision

Political Science

University of Colorado at Denver

Call Number

1749295554; 1605074

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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