Reshuffling and Regime Change Coups in Dictatorships

This data introduces an important distinction to the coup literature, differentiating between reshuffling coups, which change the leader atop a regime but leave the regime structure intact, and regime change coups, which change the leader and lead to a new autocratic regime. Data on both attempted and successful coups from 1970-2010 is available. Below you can download the data, codebook, as well as descriptions of each case and the rationale for our coding decision. This version of the data is used in “Terrorism and the Fate of Dictators”, published in World Politics with Deniz Aksoy and Joe Wright. Please cite the following paper if you use this data: Aksoy, Deniz, David B. Carter and Joseph G. Wright. 2015. “Terrorism and the Fate of Dictators.” World Politics 67(3): 423-468.

本数据集为政变研究学术文献提供了一项重要的分类标准，将政变划分为两类：其一为换帅型政变（reshuffling coups），即仅更换政权最高领导人但保留政权原有结构完整的政变；其二为政权更迭型政变（regime change coups），即更换领导人并建立全新专制政权的政变。本数据集涵盖1970年至2010年间的未遂政变与成功政变相关数据。您可在此下载本数据集、代码手册（codebook）、各案例的详细说明，以及本次编码决策的理论依据。本版本数据集曾被用于与Deniz Aksoy、Joe Wright合作发表于《世界政治》（World Politics）期刊的论文《恐怖主义与独裁者的命运》（Terrorism and the Fate of Dictators）。若您使用本数据集，请引用如下文献：Aksoy, Deniz, David B. Carter 与 Joseph G. Wright. 2015. 《恐怖主义与独裁者的命运》（Terrorism and the Fate of Dictators）. 《世界政治》（World Politics）67(3): 423-468.