Military Coups and Political Development
Some Lessons From Ghana and Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Feit (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-193 |
| Publication date | 1968-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2009794 |
| OpenAlex | W2169970083 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 5 |
Are the military coups that have shaken Africa recently simply a working-out of personal animosities, are they due to chance, or are they the result of something inherent in the very nature of present-day African political systems? It is to questions such as these that this article is addressed, and to which it seeks to provide tentative answers. Further, if, as will be argued here, the African coups result from something inherently systemic, what conclusions can be drawn at present about Africa's future political development
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law
Political Development
The military, ethnicity and democracy in Nigeria
Coup d’état in West Africa
Ghana’s Foreign Policy Under Military Regimes, 1966-1993
Nigeria
Aid and policy preferences in oil-rich countries
Structural conflict and democratic self-sabotage in Africa
African voters at the polls
The Rise and Demise of the Boys’ Company
Misrecognition in the making of a state
A new look at military‐civilian governments
Bibliographic Essay on the Role of the Military in African States
Federalism in Nigeria—Principles and Practice
Explaining African Military Coups d'Etat, 1960-1982
Cultural Pluralism, Modernization, and Conflict
Nation-Building or Nation-Destroying
Pen, Sword, and People
Explaining Defederalization in Ghana
Parties, Coups, and Authoritarian Rule
Conciliatory States
African Patrimonial Régimes in Comparative Perspective
Political Clientelism and Ethnicity in Tropical Africa
Corruption, Machine Politics, and Political Change
Integration and Instability
Is the Kenyan Bureaucracy Developmental? Political Considerations in Development Administration
The Dilemmas of Military Withdrawal from Politics
State Formation in Africa
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2025 (57) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |