Essays about: "Coup d’état"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Coup d’état.

1. 1. The West African Coup Trap : A qualitative case study of military coups d'état in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Joy Hansen; [2024]
   Keywords : Coup d état; Mali; Niger; Burkina Faso; Guinea; External impact; Climate change; Political instability; France; Russia;

   Abstract : Africa is the continent having the most coups d'état. From 2020 to 2022, there were six coups and three coup attempts on the continent. This study aims to investigate the causes of these coups d'état in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Guinea, four former French colonies in West Africa. READ MORE

3. 2. The Conversion of Indigenous Peoples to Pentecostalism in Times of Decolonization and its Potential Consequences on Identity Perception : A narrative research study in Bolivia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Hagberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Indigenous; religion; Bolivia; La Paz; Quellani; Copacabana; Cochabamba; Decolonization; Pentecostalism; Catholicism; conversion; syncretism; identity perception; narrative analysis. ;

   Abstract : The research was carried out to show the potential consequences of the conversion of indigenous peoples in Bolivia to Pentecostalism. The research was based on a research conducted by Canessa in 2000 on two movements already taking place at the time of his research, the rise of Indigeonus recognition in society and the rise of Pentecostalism. READ MORE

4. 3. Institutional Misalignment : Clientelism and Political (in)Stability in Democracies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Raattamaa; [2020]
   Keywords : clientelism; political stability; democracy; violent challenges; informal institution; coup d état; elections; time-series; linear probability model;

   Abstract : How does the level of clientelistic distribution effect the risk of violent challenges towards the state in democracies? The relationship between democracy and violent conflict has been extensively tested, with diverging results. Utilizing time-series data from 162 independent democratic states ranging from 1946 to 2018, the relationship is here tested by separating the informal institutions of democracy from the formal. READ MORE

5. 4. The Economic Impact of the 15th July Coup D'état in Turkey: A Synthetic Control Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Julia Näslund; Ayla Löfving; [2017]
   Keywords : Political economy; Coups; Synthetic control method; Turkey;

   Abstract : As military coups have been a relatively common phenomenon both historically and in modern time, their potential impacts have long wanted to be evaluated proficiently. Previous studies have found that the effects seem to be generally negative, but alternative suggestions have also been presented. READ MORE

6. 5. Conflict untangled : the political, social and economic factors behind the Central African Republic ethno-religious conflict

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Camilla Ernhede; [2016]
   Keywords : Central African Republic; religious conflict;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to identify the underlying factors of the conflict between Christians and Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) that started in 2013. It is argued that political factors played an important role in the coup d'état that ousted President Francois Bozize - the event that marked the start of the civil war. READ MORE