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guardianship dilemma: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

the problem that an armed force strong enough to protect a regime from its enemies is also strong enough to overthrow it.

In comparative politics, guardianship dilemma refers to the problem that an armed force strong enough to protect a regime from its enemies is also strong enough to overthrow it. This meaning comes from Mcmahon (2015) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

Mcmahon, R. B., & Slantchev, B. L. (2015). The Guardianship Dilemma: Regime Securitythroughandfromthe Armed Forces. American Political Science Review, 109(2), 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055415000131

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