The Coup Trap in Latin America by Fabrice Lehoucq - 9781009750035

The Coup Trap in Latin AmericaAuthor(s): Fabrice Lehoucq\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009750035, 978-1009750035\nSynopsis\nWhy do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? The Coup Trap in Latin America answers these questions by looking to the origins and dynamics of the military coup d'tat that, since the late nineteenth century, have turned several Latin American political systems into some of the most unstable in the world. The book also explores how others escaped from chronic instability, either by constructing constitutional democracy (in Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) or by establishing durable autocracies (in Mexico and Nicaragua). The Coup Trap in Latin America pioneers the use of statistical predictions to explain when military coups do and do not occur and uses historical narratives to illustrate and develop these findings. The book prov.