USA har aldrig varit med om en statskupp på nationell nivå men nu har det otänkbara blivit möjligt, menar flera forskare. Vad är det som har hänt? Och skulle Sverige kunna hamna i samma situation?

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Vi är vana att förknippa statskupper med instabila diktaturer långt borta, men vad händer när dom sker i demokratier? Vad har en statskupp för effekt på en stat? Hur genomför man en kupp och i vilka samhällen och situationer är dom möjliga? Kan kupper föra något gott med sig och går det ens att skydda sig?

P3 Dystopia reder ut vem som egentligen styr när demokratiska institutioner faller.

Producent och programledare: Viktor Hariz
Programledare: Anna Davour

Medverkande

• John Chin - kuppforskare och postdoc vid institutet för politik och strategi vid Carnegie Mellon University

• Erica De Bruin - docent i statsvetenskap vid Hamilton College och författare till bland annat boken ”How to prevent coups”

• Anders Sundell - universitetslektor vid statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborgs Universitet

• Anders Sundin - koordinator på vetenskapsrådet och historiker. Skrev sin doktorsavhandling om regeringsformen 1809.

Artiklar

• Irony And Tragedy In Turkey’s Coup Attempt - Ozan Varol (Huffington Post, 2016)

• Thailand has had more coups than any other country. This is why. - Max Fisher (Washington Post, 2013)

• COULD A COUP D’ETAT HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2020? - John Chin, et. al. (Political Violence @ a Glance, 2020)

• Thinking the unthinkable: could there be a military coup in the US? - Stephen Harris (The Conversation, 2017)

• THE NOT-SO-SECRET INGREDIENTS OF MILITARY COUPS - Danny Orbach (War on the rocks, 2017)

• Determinants of the Attempting and Outcome of Coups d’état - Jonathan Powell (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2012)

• Squeaky Wheels and Troop Loyalty: How Domestic Protests Influence Coups d’etat, 1951–2005 - Jaclyn Johnson and Clayton L. Thyne (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2016)

• ”Sverige”, Göta Kanal och 1809 års revolution - Ola Larsmo (DN, 1998)

• Konung Gustav IV Adolfs gripande - J.L. von Greiff (1859)

• Trump: 'The only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged' - Morgan Chalfant (The Hill, 2020)

• James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution - Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic, 2020)

• 1974: Rebels seize control of Portugal (BBC)

• Five myths about coups - John Chin (Washington Post, 2020)

• Top general says no role for military in presidential vote - Lolita C. Baldor (AP, 2020)

• American Catastrophe Through German Eyes - Roger Cohen (New York Times, 2020)

• Kuppen mot Gustav IV Adolf - Magnus Jacobson (Populär Historia, 2016)

• The U.S. tried to change other countries’ governments 72 times during the Cold War - Lindsey A. O'Rourke (Washington Post, 2016)

• The 1953 Coup and the Roots of the 1979 Islamic Revolution - Craig Sanders (Washington Report, 2019)

• Mapped: The 7 Governments the U.S. Has Overthrown - J. Dana Stuster (Foreign Policy, 2013)

• 1969: Equatorial Guinea’s Christmas Eve executions (ExecutedToday, 2017)

• Coup Was ‘Gift From God’ for Erdogan Planning a New Turkey - Mark Champion (Bloomberg, 2016)

• Democracy Maybe - Attitudes on Authoritarianism in America - Lee Drutman et. al. (Voter Study Group, 2020)

• Democracy and Its Discontents - Adam Tooze (NYROB, 2019)

• We need to prepare for the possibility of Trump rejecting election results - Brian Klaas (Washington Post, 2020)

• Trump's Voter Fraud Claims Are Dangerous - René Pfister (Der Spiegel, 2020)

• Crazy Talk - David Bromwich (NYROB, 2018)

• The ‘Witch Hunters’ - Tim Weiner (NYROB, 2018)

• Anatomy of a Constitutional Coup - Bruce Ackerman (LRB, 2001)

• The Story of Thaksin Shinawatra - Richard Lloyd Parry (LRB, 2014)

• Thailand: The Permanent Coup - Richard Bernstein (NYROB, 2017)

• How to Plot Your Takeover - E.J. Hobsbawm (NYROB, 1969)

• Her Boy - R.W. Johnson (LRB, 2006)

• Purges and Paranoia: Ella George on Erdoğan’s ‘new’ Turkey (LRB, 2018)

• Morsi’s Overthrow - Adam Shatz (LRB, 2013)

• A Murderous Turning Point in Turkey - Christopher de Bellaigue (NYROB, 2016)

Klipp

• Eurovision 1974 – Portugal – Paulo de Carvalho – E depois do adeus

• Portugal | The Carnation Revolution |1974 (Thames TV)

• Extra konselj med anledning av det nya coronaviruset (2020)

• The 1953 Roots of 1979: Ervand Abrahamian (DU Center for Middle East Studies, 2019)

• Guatemalan CIA Coup from 50s (History Channel)

• Iranian Revolution | Shah of Iran | Ayatollah Khomeini (TV EYE, 1979)

• Electionomics: Democrats and Republicans show concerning voter sentiment for 2020 U.S. presidential election: Study (Yahoo Finance, 2020)

• Former Defense Secretary Mattis slams Trump  (ABC News, 2020)

• 'Abuse of federal law': Remove troops, Portland mayor tells Trump (Al-Jazeera, 2020)

• Trump: Only way we lose is if election is 'rigged' (AP, 2020)

• The Shah Returns (US National Archives, 1953)

• Nationalization of oil refinery at Abadan, Iran (CriticalPast)

• Coup 53: The untold story of the CIA and MI6-led plot against Iran's prime minister (Channel4, 2020)

• Riots In Iran Aka Terran Riot (British Pathé, 1953)

• Blowback: Iran, the Ayatollahs, and the CIA (The Intercept, 2018)

• Chiquita Banana The Original Commercial

• Erdoğan calls his people (Yeni Şafak, 2017)

• Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounces coup attempt - BBC News (2016)

• Cohen says if Trump loses 2020 election, there won't be a 'peaceful transition of power' (PBS Newshour, 2019)

• The Melian Dialogue, Thucydides Excerpt (Ancient Recitations, 2015)

Musik

• Mac Quayle - 1.7_2_darlenesgun.aac

• Cliff Martinez - Fire it up again

• Kid Loco - Theme from The Graffiti Artist

• Colin Stetson - Joanie

• Throbbin Gristle - Very Friendly

• Helios - Even Today

• Jesper Kyd - Tension in the nest

• Paulo de Carvalho - E Depois Do Adeus

• Zeca Afonso - Grândola Vila Morena

• Ines Pereira - Fado Do Povo

• Marcus Bagala - Wires: Tangerines

• Marcus Bagala - Boxes: Autumnal Moping

• Vince Pope - Touching

• Music for H. Kellgren's ”Olympie”, VB 32 (Excerpts): Overture

• Fd livgardets till häst marsch (Arr. Å. Edenstrand for Wind Ensemble)

• Vince Pope - A new home

• Lorn - Unraveled

• Cliff Martinez - There is nothing here

• Vince Pope - Fake

• Paul Leonard Morgan - Anderson's Theme

• Marcus Bagala - Cascading Bells

• Cliff Martinez - Not leaving this circus

• WOW MOM WOW - Tryptoreal

• Michael McCann - The Mole

• Cliff Martinez - Fire it up again

• Cliff Martinez - Speight lived here

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Clue One

• Wojciech Golczewski - Setting up

• Cliff Martinez - I'm in the pink

• Vince Pope - Who are you?

• Black Sabbath - War Pigs

• Sophie Harris - Travelling Coffin

• Refused - Coup d'Etat 

Ljudeffekter

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