Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia

Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia
Author: A. Croissant
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780230285330
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How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it requires prudent strategic action on the part of the decision-makers to remove the military from positions of power and make it follow their orders.

Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela

Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela
Author: Harold A. Trinkunas
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011-01-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807877034
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Unlike most other emerging South American democracies, Venezuela has not succumbed to a successful military coup d'etat during four decades of democratic rule. What drives armed forces to follow the orders of elected leaders? And how do emerging democracies gain that control over their military establishments? Harold Trinkunas answers these questions in an examination of Venezuela's transition to democracy following military rule and its attempts to institutionalize civilian control of the military over the past sixty years, a period that included three regime changes. Trinkunas first focuses on the strategic choices democratizers make about the military and how these affect the internal civil-military balance of power in a new regime. He then analyzes a regime's capacity to institutionalize civilian control, looking specifically at Venezuela's failures and successes in this arena during three periods of intense change: the October revolution (1945-48), the Pact of Punto Fijo period (1958-98), and the Fifth Republic under President Hugo Chavez (1998 to the present). Placing Venezuela in comparative perspective with Argentina, Chile, and Spain, Trinkunas identifies the bureaucratic mechanisms democracies need in order to sustain civilian authority over the armed forces.

Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies

Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies
Author: Aurel Croissant
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2017-03-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319531891
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This book addresses the challenge of reforming defense and military policy-making in newly democratized nations. By tracing the development of civil-military relations in various new democracies from a comparative perspective, it links two bodies of scholarship that thus far have remained largely separate: the study of emerging (or failed) civilian control over armed forces on the one hand; and work on the roots and causes of military effectiveness to guarantee the protection and security of citizens on the other. The empirical and theoretical findings presented here will appeal to scholars of civil-military relations, democratization and security issues, as well as to defense policy-makers.

The Soldier and the Changing State

The Soldier and the Changing State
Author: Zoltan Barany
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780691137681
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Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. It demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of democratizing regimes.

Coercion and Governance

Coercion and Governance
Author: Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2001
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804742276
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This far-ranging volume offers both a broad overview of the role of the military in contemporary Asia and a close look at the state of civil-military relations in sixteen Asian countries. It discusses these relations in countries where the military continues to dominate the political realm as well as others where it is disengaging from politics.

Military Courts, Civil-military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy

Military Courts, Civil-military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy
Author: Brett J. Kyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN: 9780367029944
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"The interaction between military and civilian courts, the political power that legal prerogatives can provide to the armed forces, and the difficult process civilian politicians face in reforming military courts remain glaringly under-examined. This book fills a gap in existing scholarship by providing a theoretically rich, global examination of the operation and reform of military courts in democracies. Drawing on a newly-created global dataset, it examines trends across states and over time. Combined with deeper qualitative case studies, the book presents clear and well-justified findings that will be of interest to scholars and policymakers working in a variety of fields"--

Military Engagement

Military Engagement
Author: Dennis Blair
Publisher: Brookings Inst Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2013
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780815724780
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The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But what exact internal conditions have led to real-world democratic transitions, and have external forces helped or hurt? Here, experts with military and policy backgrounds, some of whom have played a role in democratic transitions, present instructive case studies of democratic movements. Focusing on the specific domestic context and the many influences that have contributed to successful transitions, the authors write about democratic civil-military relations in fourteen countries and five world regions. The cases include Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Syria, and Thailand, augmented by regional overviews of Asia, Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. Contributors: Richard Akum (Council for the Development of Social Sciences in Africa), Ecoma Alaga (African Security Sector Network), Muthiah Alagappa (Institute of Security and International Studies, Malaysia), Suchit Bunbongkarn (Institute of Security and International Studies, Thailand), Juan Emilio Cheyre (Center for International Studies, Catholic University of Chile), Biram Diop (Partners for Democratic Change--African Institute for Security Sector Transformation, Dakar), Raymundo B. Ferrer (Nickel Asia Corporation), Humberto Corado Figueroa (Ministry of Defense, El Salvador), Vilmos Hamikus (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary), Julio Hang (Argentine Council for International Relations), Marton Harsanyi (Stockholm University), Carolina G. Hernandez (University of the Philippines; Institute for Strategic and Development Studies), Raymond Maalouf (Defense expert, Lebanon), Tannous Mouawad (Middle East Studies, Lebanon), Matthew Rhodes (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies), Martin Rupiya (African Public Policy and Research Institute), Juan C. Salgado Brocal (Academic and Consultant Council for Military Research and Studies, Chile), Narcis Serra (Barcelona Institute of International Studies), Rizal Sukma (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta).

The Military Transition

The Military Transition
Author: Narcís Serra
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2010-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521116678
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Narcís Serra, former Spanish Minister of Defence, explains the process and conditions necessary for successful democratic military reform.

Guarding the Guardians

Guarding the Guardians
Author: Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781409404149
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This book reviews the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. It revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as a progressive force. The study argues the necessity of new civil-military relations in Africa, calling for a democratic oversight of the security forces.