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Abstract
Despite the
renewed interest in coup d’etats, especially in Africa, studies on the subject
are sparse. This article examines the effect of women's political empowerment
on coup d’etats in Africa. The Logit-Probit model is used on a panel of 39
countries over the period 1980-2020. The results show that the political
empowerment of women significantly reduces the chances of the occurrence of coup
d’etats. The results remain robust to additional control variables. The established negative nexus is driven by the Eastern
African region, compared to the Northern African region where the relationship is
not significant and two other regions (i.e., Central and Western Africa) where
an opposite nexus is apparent. Moreover, the findings remain robust to the disaggregation
of the index of women's political empowerment as well as to the employment of
different typologies of coups d'état. Good governance
is significant in mediating the role of female political empowerment in
reducing the chances of coup d’etats. Policy implications are discussed,
especially as it pertains to accounting for and better valuing the rights of
women as well as their increased participation in political life to improve
their contribution to reducing coups d'état.
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