African military coups d'état, 1956-2001: Frequency, trends and distribution

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-370

  McGowan, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POPULAR PROTEST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0141940257     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X0300435X     Document Type: Article

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