LEADER 05121nam 22006375 450 001 9911007464703321 005 20250725185349.0 010 $a3-031-83113-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-83113-3 035 $a(CKB)39124525500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-83113-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32131933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32131933 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939124525500041 100 $a20250526d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPresidentialism and Civil-Military Relations $eBrazil in Comparative Perspective /$fby Octavio Amorim Neto, Igor Acácio 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XXI, 280 p. 31 illus., 9 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Presidential Politics,$x2946-5168 311 08$a3-031-83112-8 327 $a-- Introduction. -- Presidentialism and Civil-Military Relations: Literature Review, Cross-National Evidence, and Key Propositions. -- Historical Overview of Presidential-Military Relations in Brazil in 1985-2022. -- The March Towards Abdication: The Role of the Brazilian Congress in Civil-Military Relations. -- Explaining Extreme Militarization under Bolsonaro. -- The Impact of Executive-Legislative Relations and Civil-Military Relations on Defense Spending. -- One Step Forward, One Step Back: The Impact of the Defense Ministry on Defense Policymaking in Brazil. Conclusion: Brazil in Comparative Perspective. 330 $a?Essential for sustained democratic rule are the de-politicization of the armed forces and their subordination to democratically elected civilians in government. It is therefore curious that so little scholarship has been dedicated to understanding the role of the military after democracy?s return to Latin America. This lacuna is especially notable given the recent expansion of military roles and the militarization of cabinets across various Latin American countries. In their impressively researched and persuasively argued book, Octavio Amorim Neto and Igor Acácio address this gap in the literature. While their focal point is Brazil, most speci? cally the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro (2019?2022), the analyses they undertake and the lessons they draw extend well beyond Brazil to include even the United States under Donald Trump. A crucial comparative phenomenon the authors put into prominence concerns the militarization of cabinets under recent presidents. As they convincingly explain and illustrate, the nature of presidential power allows extremist presidents (much more than prime ministers) to leverage centralized control and direct appointment powers. The institutional analysis they undertake includes trying to understand why ministries of defense in Latin America have remained so dominated by militaries and why legislatures have continued to take a backseat to presidents when it comes to civil-military matters. Further contributions of value made by the authors include the quantitative measures they assemble on matters beyond cabinet militarization to include military spending and personnel structure. Scholars of presidentialism, civil-military relations, and of democratic consolidation and backsliding would bene? t enormously from reading Presidentialism and Civil-Military Relations: Brazil in Comparative Perspective.? ?Wendy Hunter, Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin, USA In an era of resurgent military political activism, this volume examines the cross-national drivers of cabinet militarization in democratic regimes, and provides an in-depth study of its causes and consequences in Brazil. Octavio Amorim Neto is a Professor of Political Science at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Igor Acácio is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton, USA. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Presidential Politics,$x2946-5168 606 $aPolitical leadership 606 $aPolitics and war 606 $aComparative government 606 $aExecutive power 606 $aPolitical Leadership 606 $aMilitary and Defence Studies 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aExecutive Politics 615 0$aPolitical leadership. 615 0$aPolitics and war. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aExecutive power. 615 14$aPolitical Leadership. 615 24$aMilitary and Defence Studies. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aExecutive Politics. 676 $a303.34 676 $a324.22 700 $aAmorim Neto$b Octavio$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01825553 702 $aAca?cio$b Igor$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911007464703321 996 $aPresidentialism and Civil-Military Relations$94393332 997 $aUNINA