Civil-Military Relations
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 904
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 904
ISSN: 2327-7793
This article addresses the relevance of gender to understand the transformations of civil-military relations in advanced democracies. After clarifying the analytical perspective in an opening section, it examines in a second section the debate over women's roles in the military - the so-called 'rights vs. readiness' debate - to show how gender issues have been both an arena for the expression of civil-military tensions and a constitutive element of civil-military relations. Resorting to available empirical information on Western advanced democracies, it focuses in a third section on the topic of women's military integration, highlighting how it has exerted pressures to bring about greater convergence between armed forces and societies. Since these pressures have not been uniform, the article highlights patterns of similarity and difference among countries, showing how varying constellations of circumstances in both armed forces and societies at large have produced different outcomes. The article makes two claims: that gender issues have become an increasingly important indicator of trends in civil-military relations and that both military effectiveness, and congruence between the armed forces and democratic social values can better be achieved if gender issues are addressed and gender integration is promoted in the military. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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In: Sicherheit und Frieden: S + F = Security and Peace, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 79-85
ISSN: 0175-274X
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In: Journal of democracy, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 100-108
ISSN: 1086-3214
Recent years have seen a transformation in Turkish civil-military relations -- away from the traditional picture of weak elected officials overseen by a strong military, to one of a strengthened civilian government and a military with decreased influence. This article explores the questions of how this transformation has occurred, whether it will last, and what it indicates about prospects for democratic consolidation in Turkey. It includes suggestions for ensuring the institutionalization of these changes, and discusses possible stumbling blocks to further advancement. Adapted from the source document.
In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 10, S. 380-400
ISSN: 0095-327X
In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 3-28
ISSN: 0095-327X
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In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 4, S. 3-28
ISSN: 0095-327X
In: Armed forces & society, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 380-400
ISSN: 1556-0848
Ethiopia's imperial regime was overthrown by a coalition of civilian and military forces. However, civil-military relations deteriorated when civilian groups demanded a democratically elected government, to which the military was unwilling to concede. The ruling military council's (PMAC) reluctance to share power with civilians, whom they distrust, and the failure of civilian groups to present a united front against the PMAC led to their demise. A military oligarchy headed by Mengistu has consolidated its power and outmaneuvered civilian opposition by militarizing the society and the bureaucracy, and by controlling urban and peasant associations. Civil-military relations in Ethiopia have thus evolved from a period during imperial rule when the armed forces were small and excluded from politics to one (in 1974) of active civil-military cooperation, to the current situation-in which the military wields unprecedented political power-with no prospects for a democratic government.
In: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.aa0006196109
A panel discussion on military-civil relations with General Charles Boyd, USAF, retired; Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF, retired; and Professor Ole Holsti; moderated by Professor Mackubin Owens. ; "4 May 2000." ; Mode of access: Internet.
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In: Military strategy and operational art
Deriving in part from its Soviet past, Russia's military doctrine represents more than just a road map of how to fight the nation's wars; it also specifies threats to national interests, in this case the United States, NATO and international terrorism. Against this background, Robert Brannon demonstrates that the military's influence may reveal as much about politics as it does the military.
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 193-194
ISSN: 0039-6338
'Civil-Military Relations in Israel' by Yehuda Ben Meir is reviewed.
In: Journal of democracy, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 9-17
ISSN: 1045-5736
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In: International journal on world peace, Band 15, S. 3-28
ISSN: 0742-3640
Investigates the reasons underlying military intervention in the political life of Turkey during the past 35 years, focusing on opposition of the military to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and growing power of Islamic political parties. Includes the coups d'état of 1960, 1971, and 1980 and the military's role in dissolution of the Islamist Welfare Party in Jan. 1998 and banning of former Prime Minister Erbakan from participation in politics for the next five years.