Power Play: How networks structure credible commitment in authoritarian leadership challenges

• In Event: From Elites to Activists: Network Approaches to Political Struggle, Contention, and Sectarianism

Brief Overview

In this paper, I present a novel network theory of coups. I provide a preliminary test of the theory using network data and historical accounts of the 1983 and 1985 military coups in Nigeria.

Author

• Samuel Martin, University of Toronto