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Civil society support for military coups: Bangladesh and the Philippines

2017; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/17448689.2017.1312790

1744-8697

Jasmin Lorch,

Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

As of yet, civil society support for military coups has hardly been investigated in depth. This article compares the attempted military coup in 2006 against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which received support from prominent civil society leaders, to the collaboration between civil society actors and the military-backed Caretaker Government that ruled Bangladesh from 2007 to 2008. It argues that in both cases, civil society support for military intervention can be traced to the weakness of the state.