Democratization and Military Coups in Africa

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.

Part I: Background Introduction: "No Farewell to Arms" in Africa? George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Kelechi Kalu Chapter 1: Coups d'etat: Theoretical Issues Kelechi Kalu Part II: Case Studies Chapter 2: Military Coup in Burkina Faso Daniel Eizenga Chapter 3: Governance, Democratization and Military Coups in Cote d'Ivoire Henry Kam Kah Chapter 4: The Military, the Developmental State and the 2013 Coup in Egypt Zeyad el Nabolsy Chapter 5: Post-Third Wave "Praetorianism" in Mauritania Boubacar N'Diaye Chapter 6: Post-1990 Military Coups in Sierra Leone Umar Salman Kamara Chapter 7: Military Intervention and the 2019 Coup in the Sudan Bitrus Nuhu Mailabari Part III: Toward the Prevention of Coups Chapter 8: The African Union's Anti-Coup Regime George Klay Kieh, Jr. Part IV: Lessons and Insights Conclusion: Toward Caging the Coup "Genie" in Africa George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Kelechi Kalu

In the transitory and dynamic world of scholarship, Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts is a welcome re-engagement with the ever-present 'man on the horse back' in Africa's political vineyard. -- Dr. Sylvester Odion Akhaine, Lagos State University