Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research?
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Resumo: | Was Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff victim of a coup or removed through a legal process of impeachment? The heated debate on the 2016 ousting of Brazil’s president testifies to the growing controversy around the definition of coups. Focusing on Latin America, we show that the use of coups with adjectives have become more frequent in public and scholarly debates. Occurring at a time when coups are becoming rarer, we argue that this development is linked to prevalence-induced concept change, meaning that when instances of a concept become less prevalent, the understanding of the concept expands. The meaning of coups has expanded through a proliferation of adjectives. Coups with adjectives are not new, but recent usage changes the concept from a classic to a family resemblance structure. Although this strategy can avoid stretching and increase differentiation, we urge caution and warn against harmful consequences, whether conceptual, theoretical, or practical. |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research?Coup d’étatImpeachmentConcept formationConceptual stretchingLatin AmericaWas Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff victim of a coup or removed through a legal process of impeachment? The heated debate on the 2016 ousting of Brazil’s president testifies to the growing controversy around the definition of coups. Focusing on Latin America, we show that the use of coups with adjectives have become more frequent in public and scholarly debates. Occurring at a time when coups are becoming rarer, we argue that this development is linked to prevalence-induced concept change, meaning that when instances of a concept become less prevalent, the understanding of the concept expands. The meaning of coups has expanded through a proliferation of adjectives. Coups with adjectives are not new, but recent usage changes the concept from a classic to a family resemblance structure. Although this strategy can avoid stretching and increase differentiation, we urge caution and warn against harmful consequences, whether conceptual, theoretical, or practical.SAGE PublicationsRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMarsteintredet, LeivMalamud, Andrés2019-12-10T12:04:50Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/40441eng0032-321710.1177/0032321719888857info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:39:44Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/40441Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:54:08.811181Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? Marsteintredet, Leiv Coup d’état Impeachment Concept formation Conceptual stretching Latin America |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Coup with Adjectives: Conceptual Stretching or Innovation in Comparative Research? |
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Marsteintredet, Leiv |
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Marsteintredet, Leiv Malamud, Andrés |
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Malamud, Andrés |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Marsteintredet, Leiv Malamud, Andrés |
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Coup d’état Impeachment Concept formation Conceptual stretching Latin America |
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Coup d’état Impeachment Concept formation Conceptual stretching Latin America |
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Was Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff victim of a coup or removed through a legal process of impeachment? The heated debate on the 2016 ousting of Brazil’s president testifies to the growing controversy around the definition of coups. Focusing on Latin America, we show that the use of coups with adjectives have become more frequent in public and scholarly debates. Occurring at a time when coups are becoming rarer, we argue that this development is linked to prevalence-induced concept change, meaning that when instances of a concept become less prevalent, the understanding of the concept expands. The meaning of coups has expanded through a proliferation of adjectives. Coups with adjectives are not new, but recent usage changes the concept from a classic to a family resemblance structure. Although this strategy can avoid stretching and increase differentiation, we urge caution and warn against harmful consequences, whether conceptual, theoretical, or practical. |
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