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Bove, Vincenzo, Rivera, Mauricio and Ruffa, Chiara (2020) Beyond coups : terrorism and military involvement in politics. European Journal of International Relations, 26 (1). pp. 263-288. doi:10.1177/1354066119866499 ISSN 1354-0661.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066119866499
Abstract
A wealth of research in comparative politics and international relations examines how the military intervenes in politics via coups. We shift attention to broader forms of military involvement in politics (MIP) beyond coups, and claim that terrorist violence and the threat of terror attacks provide a window of opportunity for military intervention, without taking full control of state institutions. We highlight two mechanisms through which terrorism influences MIP: government authorities demand military expertise to fight terrorism and strengthen national security and ‘pull’ the armed forces into politics, and state armed actors exploit their informational advantage over civilian authorities to ‘push’ their way into politics and policy making. A panel data analysis shows that domestic terror attacks and perceived threats from domestic and transnational terrorist organizations increase MIP. We illustrate the theoretical mechanisms with the cases of France (1995-98 and 2015-16) and Algeria (1989-92).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Terrorism -- France, National security -- France, Armed Forces, Coups d'état | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of International Relations | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1354-0661 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 263-288 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1354066119866499 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Bove, Vincenzo, Rivera, Mauricio and Ruffa, Chiara (2019) R : Beyond coups : terrorism and military involvement in politics. European Journal of International Relations . (In Press) Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 May 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 May 2019 | ||||||||
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