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The soldier and the changing state : building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas / / Zoltan Barany



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Autore: Barany Zoltan D Visualizza persona
Titolo: The soldier and the changing state : building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas / / Zoltan Barany Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012
Edizione: Core Textbook
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 p.)
Disciplina: 322/.5
Soggetto topico: Civil-military relations
Armed Forces - Reorganization
Soggetto non controllato: 1947 Partition
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
British colonial rule
Chile
Cold War
El Salvador
European Union
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Hezbollah
Hungary
India independence
Indonesia
Japan
Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese civil war
NATO
Pakistan independence
Portugal
Portuguese civilЭilitary relations
Romania
Royal Thai Armed Forces
Russia
Russian military politics
Shi'a Islamist organization
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Soviet Union
Spain
Spanish military
Tanzania
Territorial Defense Force
Thailand
Yemen
apartheid
armed forces
army building
authoritarianism
civil war
civilian control
civilЭilitary relations
civiЭilitary relations
colonialism
communism
communist regime
consolidated democracy
democracy
democratic armies
democratic army
democratic civilЭilitary relations
democratic control
democratic governance
democratic regimes
democratic transition
democratization
democratizing regimes
fascist dictatorship
formative moments
free elections
military dictators
military elites
military politics
military rule
party-state
political autonomy
political environments
political presence
postcommunism
postwar Germany
praetorian elites
praetorianism
regime change
reunification
single political entity
state formation
state transformation
state-builders
war
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- What does a democratic military look like? -- Building democratic armies after war -- After World War II: Germany, Japan, and Hungary -- After civil war: Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, and Lebanon regime change -- After military rule in Europe: Spain, Portugal, and Greece -- After military rule in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala -- After military rule in Asia: South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia -- After state-socialism in Europe: Slovenia, Russia, and Romania -- State transformation -- After colonial rule in Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- After colonial rule in Africa: Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana -- After (re)unification and apartheid: Germany, South Africa, and Yemen -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states. Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, Zoltan Barany argues that the military is the most important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. Barany also demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of newly democratizing regimes. But how do democratic armies come about? What conditions encourage or impede democratic civil-military relations? And how can the state ensure the allegiance of its soldiers? Barany examines the experiences of developing countries and the armed forces in the context of major political change in six specific settings: in the wake of war and civil war, after military and communist regimes, and following colonialism and unification/apartheid. He evaluates the army-building and democratization experiences of twenty-seven countries and explains which predemocratic settings are most conducive to creating a military that will support democracy. Highlighting important factors and suggesting which reforms can be expected to work and fail in different environments, he offers practical policy recommendations to state-builders and democratizers.
Titolo autorizzato: The soldier and the changing state  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786613852434
1-4008-4549-1
1-283-53998-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816880003321
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