Disloyalty and Regime Change
Disloyalty and Regime Change

Summary/Abstract: The study examines the dynamics behind the disloyal behavior of the armed forces in cases of the formation of social movements for regime change. The study adopts a theoretical framework and applies statistical analysis on a dataset from 1990 to 2012 to examine the projected dynamics at work. The proposition is that autocrats create loyalty through financial benefits and the privileged position of the armed forces, which is strengthened by the selection procedures that keep the armed forces distant from society, including the creation of voluntary forces and the application of discriminative selection procedures to both the rank and file and the officer corps.

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