Breaking out of the coup trap: Political competition and military coups in Latin America

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1105-1129

  Lehoucq, Fabrice ^a   Pérez Liñán, Aníbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coup trap; Latin America; Military coups; Multiple comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905046241     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414013488561     Document Type: Article

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