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How to sell a coup: elections as coup legitimation

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Unlike other political leaders, leaders coming to power through military coups face a dual legitimation challenge: they must justify not only why they should rule but also how they came to power. Little attention has been paid to how coup leaders solve this legitimacy deficit and even less to the audiences of this legitimation. We ask: why do some coup leaders legitimate their coups by holding elections while others do not? Counterintuitively, we argue that coup leaders who oust democraticall...

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Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1177/0022002718770508

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ORCID:
0000-0003-4563-5301
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
College Only
Oxford college:
Trinity College
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Publisher:
SAGE Publications Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Conflict Resolution Journal website
Volume:
63
Issue:
4
Pages:
1001-1031
Publication date:
2018-09-17
Acceptance date:
2018-03-21
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EISSN:
1552-8766
ISSN:
0022-0027
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1131237
Local pid:
pubs:1131237
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2020-09-09

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