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Soft Coup

A "Soft Coup" is a political subversion wherein established democratic institutions are preserved in form but systematically undermined in function through legal or extralegal means, thereby distinguishing it from overt military coups by its reliance on institutional camouflage and procedural veneer to effect illegitimate executive power seizure.

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Publications

289

Citations

16

Authors

11

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

Institutional Coup

Parents

Publications

11

Reanalysis: Are coups good for democracy?

Michael K. Miller · Research & Politics · 2016 · 44 citations · Full text

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The ‘KGB State’ and Russian Political and Foreign Policy Culture

Kimberly Marten · The Journal of Slavic Military Studies · 2017 · 41 citations

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African democratization and military coups

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 34 citations

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A very Zimbabwean coup: November 13–24, 2017

David Moore · Transformation · 2018 · 33 citations

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Parties, Coups, and Authoritarian Rule

Ruth Berins Collier · Comparative Political Studies · 1978 · 33 citations

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Authors

16

  1. JW
    Joseph Wright

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  2. MK
    Michael K. Miller

    George Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  3. GF
    George Frantz Derpanopoulos

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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  4. AM
    Allen Munoriyarwa

    University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. RB
    Ruth Berins Collier

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

    1

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Institutions

11

  1. Barnard College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  2. Rhodes University

    Grahamstown, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  4. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  6. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. Research & Politics

    R&P · 2 publications · 55 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 57 citations

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  3. Journal of Asian and African Studies

    JAAS · 1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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  4. The Journal of Slavic Military Studies

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 1 publications · 17 citations

    1

    h-index

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