Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts - Hardcover

by George Klay Kieh Jr. (Editor), Kelechi A. Kalu (Editor), Zeyad El Nabolsy (Contribution by)

Using countries such as Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, and Sudan as case studies, this book studies the causes, effects, and evolution of military coups in Africa in order to show that eliminating military coups will require identifying and addressing the root causes of the coup in each affected state.

Author Biography

George Klay Kieh, Jr. is dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs and professor of political science at Texas Southern University, and professor in the Graduate Program in International Relations at the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU), Liberia. Kelechi A. Kalu is professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside.