Board #45 - Why Military Coups Still Occurred in the 21st Century? A Discussion Based on a Typological Framework of Civil-Military Relations

• In Event: 75-311 - Poster Session: Understanding Intrastate Conflict and Post-Conflict Development

Brief Overview

Why are military coups still occurring in the 21st century? This article proposes four types of civil-military relations attributes: vocation, predator, modernity and broker, aiming to answer this question from a historical and dynamic perspective.

Author

• Bangyan Gu, Renmin University of China