Military Coups and Political Development: Some Lessons From Ghana and Nigeria
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- Published by Project MUSE in World Politics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 179-193
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2009794
Abstract
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?Keywords
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