Seizing power : (Record no. 1296)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 130828s2014 mdua b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781421413365 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1421413361 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 323 |
| Item number | SIN |
| 100 1# - PERSONAL NAME (AUTHOR) | |
| Personal name | Singh, Naunihal, |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3897 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Seizing power : |
| Remainder of title | the strategic logic of military coups / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Naunihal Singh. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 252 p |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical work on the subject. Seizing Power develops a new theory of coup dynamics and outcomes, drawing on 300 hours of interviews with coup participants and an original dataset of 471 coup attempts worldwide from 1950 to 2000. Naunihal Singh delivers a concise and empirical evaluation, arguing that understanding the dynamics of military factions is essential to predicting the success or failure of coups. Singh draws on an aspect of game theory known as a coordination game to explain coup dynamics. He finds a strong correlation between successful coups and the ability of military actors to project control and the inevitability of success. Examining Ghana's multiple coups and the 1991 coup attempt in the USSR, Singh shows how military actors project an image of impending victory that is often more powerful than the reality on the ground. In his close analysis of ten coups in Ghana from 1967 to 1981, Singh identifies three distinct points of coup origination: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers."--Publisher's website. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Coups d'état. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3898 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Coups d'état |
| Geographic subdivision | Ghana. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3899 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Coups d'état. |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3898 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Ghana. |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3900 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1612/2013949132-b.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1612/2013949132-d.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Other/Generic Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Other/Generic Classification Scheme | General Book Collections | ICES Colombo | ICES Colombo | Lending and Reference Section | 2017-06-06 | Ford | 1500.00 | 323 SIN | 007427 | 2017-06-06 | 2017-06-06 | Reference Books |