Democratic Coup d'État

by Ozan Varol

Book Overview

The term coup d'�tat--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'�tat, Ozan Varol...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019062602X
• ISBN13: 9780190626020
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.8"