MILITARY GOVERNMENT

In: Bulletin of peace proposals: to motivate research, to inspire future oriented thinking, to promote activities for peace, Band 17, Heft 3-4, S. 450

Abstract

THIS SECTION ENUMERATES THE AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY LED BY SOME FORM OF MILITARY REGIME. MOST HAVE HAD THEIR GOVERNMENTS OVERTURNED, OR THREATENED TO BE OVERTURNED, BY MILITARY COUPS. THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTS IN AFRICA ALSO SEEMS INCREASINGLY SUPERFICIAL. IN THIS INAUSPICIOUS POLITICAL CONTEXT, THERE ARE FEW CLEAR-CUT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARMY RULE, MILITARY SPENDING, AND DEVELOPMENT.