Scholars have provided three major sets of explanations to military coups (1) institutions/political culture; (2) military self-interest; (3) neopatrimonial explanations. Choose one of these three approaches and explain it in detail, illustrating your answer with examples.

What will be an ideal response?

In general, students should be able to select one of the three major schools of thought and draft a complete explanation of military coups with a number of examples.