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04361aam a2200469 i 4500 001 181D572A213811E9BB5E173097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190126010014 008 170607s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017004517 020 $a 019062602X 020 $a 9780190626020 020 $a 0190626011 020 $a 9780190626013 035 $a (OCoLC)986236750 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d EYM $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC494 $b .V37 2017 082 00 $a 321.8 $2 23 084 $a POL010000 $a POL010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Varol, Ozan O., $d 1981- $e author. 245 14 $a The democratic coup d'eÌtat / $c Ozan O. Varol. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a ix, 235 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "The term coup d'eÌtat--French for stroke of the state--brings to mind coups staged by power-hungry generals who overthrow the existing regime, not to democratize, but to concentrate power in their own hands as dictators. We assume all coups look the same, smell the same, and present the same threats to democracy. It's a powerful, concise, and self-reinforcing idea. It's also wrong. In The Democratic Coup d'EÌtat, Ozan Varol advances a simple, yet controversial, argument: Sometimes, a democracy is established through a military coup. Covering events from the Athenian Navy's stance in 411 B.C. against a tyrannical home government, to coups in the American colonies that ousted corrupt British governors, to twentieth-century coups that toppled dictators and established democracy in countries as diverse as Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, and Colombia, the book takes the reader on a gripping journey. Connecting the dots between these neglected events, Varol weaves a balanced narrative that challenges everything we thought we knew about military coups. In so doing, he tackles several baffling questions: How can an event as undemocratic as a military coup lead to democracy? Why would imposing generals-armed with tanks and guns and all-voluntarily surrender power to civilian politicians? What distinguishes militaries that help build democracies from those that destroy them? Varol's arguments made headlines across the globe in major media outlets and were cited critically in a public speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Written for a general audience, this book will entertain, challenge, and provoke, but more importantly, serve as a reminder of the imperative to question the standard narratives about our world and engage with all ideas, no matter how controversial."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part One. From soldiers to politicians. Love ballads, carnations, and coups ; The romance of democratic transitions ; In the land of the blind ; Hogan's Heroes ; A different kind of stroke -- Part Two. Brutus and Cassius. Friends with benefits ; With friends like these ; Musical chairs ; The Glorious Coup -- Part Three. Praetorians and guardians. An army of civilians ; Meritocracy and nepotism ; The enemy within ; Foreign affairs -- Part Four. An alliance of convenience. Competition and power ; Freedom and order -- Part Five. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. A New Order ; Golden parachutes ;Between Scylla and Charybdis -- Part Six. Should I stay or should I go? The retreat ; The broken promise -- Part Seven. How this ends. The awakening ; Hollow hope ; Horror vacui ; Synergy ; Cincinnatus. 650 0 $a Coups d'eÌtat $x History. 650 0 $a Democratization $x History. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Comparative. $x Comparative. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Coups d'eÌtat. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881606 650 7 $a Democratization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890123 650 7 $a Staatsstreich $2 gnd 650 7 $a Demokratie $2 gnd 650 7 $a MilitaÌr $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Varol, Ozan O., 1981- $t Democratic coup d'eÌtat. $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 $z 9780190626037 $w (DLC) 2017027982 941 $a 1 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20190126011731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=181D572A213811E9BB5E173097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search