Global instances of coups from 1950 to 2010: A new dataset

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-259

  Powell, Jonathan M ^a   Thyne, Clayton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil wars; coding procedures; coup d' tat; new dataset

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953281296     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310397436     Document Type: Article

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