TY - BOOK AU - Decalo,Samuel TI - Coups & army rule in Africa: motivations & constraints SN - 0300040431 AV - DT30.5 .D36 PY - 1990/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Generalities; political sciences; state, constitution, (governmental) institutions; type of government, general, comparative KW - Algemeen; politieke wetenschappen; opbouw van de staat; regeringsvormen, staatsvormen; algemeen KW - Generalities; political sciences; issues, debates; dictatorship KW - Algemeen; politieke wetenschappen; politieke probleemcomplexen; democratie en dictatuur; dictatuur KW - Generalities; political sciences; issues, debates; state power, human rights; use of power, control, coercion, power elites KW - Algemeen; politieke wetenschappen; politieke probleemcomplexen; macht en recht; macht, machtsuitoefening KW - Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; general surveys, Black Africa KW - Afrika; Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara; algemeen, Zwart Afrika KW - Armed Forces KW - Political activity KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Milit�ardiktatur KW - gnd KW - Putsch KW - Military government KW - Africa KW - nli KW - 1960- KW - Afrique KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Forces arm�ees KW - Activit�e politique KW - Afrika KW - Government KW - Role of KW - Military forces KW - History KW - Central Africa KW - Southern Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index; Coups and Military Rule in Africa: Etiology and Morphology -- Section One: Radical Military Rule -- Congo: Revolutionary Rhetoric and the Overdeveloped State -- Benin: Radical Military Rule in a Praetorian State -- Section Two: Personal Dictatorships -- Uganda: The Postliberation Vacuum -- Section Three: Military Managerialism -- Togo: Stability and Stagnation under a Military Brokerage System -- Niger: Modernizing Traditional Society under the Ascetic General -- Conclusions: Modalities of Military Rule ER -