Biglaiser, Glen creator Danis, Michelle A. text xu| 2002 continuing ng p.83-102 Conventional wisdom holds that high levels of system support serve as an attitutional barrier to democratic breakdown. In unconsolidated democracies, however, where democratic norms are regularly violated, the authors hypothesize that a healthy dose of political skepticism toward the political system, neither extreme rejection nor uncritical support of the system, would be associated with greatesr attitutional resistance to break down in the form of a military coup. Using survey data from Peru, the authors confirm this expectation, showing that the relationship between system support and approval of military coups follows a V-curve pattern. This resarch fails to find interpersonal trust predispose people to reject coups. The authors found other factors, such as rejection of the use of direct tactics for political purposes, support for the incumbent, and age, that are better predictors of coup support and rejection. -Reproduced. Democracy Comparative Political Studies 180718