Militarization, Democracy, and Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Militarization, Democracy, and Development write by Kirk S. Bowman. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Militarization, Democracy, and Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do Third World countries benefit from having large militaries, or does this impede their development? Kirk Bowman uses statistical analysis to demonstrate that militarization has had a particularly malignant impact in this region. For his quantitative comparison he draws on longitudinal data for a sample of 76 developing countries and for 18 Latin American nations. To illuminate the causal mechanisms at work, Bowman offers a detailed comparison of Costa Rica and Honduras between 1948 and 1998. The case studies not only serve to bolster his general argument about the harmful effects of militarization but also provide many new insights into the processes of democratic consolidation and economic transformation in these two Central American countries.
The Military’s Impact on Democratic Development
The Military’s Impact on Democratic Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Military’s Impact on Democratic Development write by David Kuehn. This book was released on 2019-10-23. The Military’s Impact on Democratic Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the decline in the number of military coups since the 1960s and 1970s, Militaries continue to be crucial political actors in many world regions. Their impact on the democratic development of nations, however, has been mixed. On the one hand, coups against democratically elected leaders in Mali (2012), Egypt (2013), and Thailand (2014) have spelled doom for these countries’ nascent democratic regimes and have ushered in new periods of military dominance in politics. The cases of Portugal (1974), the Philippines (1986), and Tunisia (2011), on the other hand, show that the military’s decision not to defend authoritarian leaders against mass protests contributed crucially to the fall of dictatorships and facilitated transitions to democracy. This volume addresses the military’s ambivalent role as "midwife" or "gravedigger" of democracy and highlights the often multi-layered and complex relationship between militaries’ political behaviour and democratization. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Democratization.
Military Engagement
Military Engagement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Military Engagement write by Dennis C. Blair. This book was released on 2013. Military Engagement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But how can military officers and defense officials in democratic nations persuade their counterparts in autocratic regimes to favor democratic transitions? Here, Admiral Dennis Blair confronts this hard-edged challenge with a primer on the factors that affect military behavior during democratic transitions. Military Engagement makes the strong case for why the armed forces of any country should favor democracy and why, contrary to conventional wisdom, many military leaders have supported democratic transitions in different regions of the world. Further, it explains why military support, active or tacit, is essential to the success of any demo cratic transition. Blair provides incisive commentary on civil-military relations and outlines the foundational elements of armed forces in a democratic country. He presents sound advice to defense officials and military leaders in established democracies that can be put into practice when interacting with colleagues in both autocratic regimes and those that have made the break with dictatorship. This succinct handbook analyzes democratic transitions in five major regions and surveys the internal power dynamics in countries such as Iran and North Korea, dictatorships that are hostile toward and fearful of democratic influences. Blair juxtaposes the roles, values, and objectives of military leaders in autocratic nations with those in democracies. In turn, Military Engagement highlights how crossnetworking with international military delegations can put external pressure on autocratic countries and persuade them that democracies are best not only for the country itself, but also for the armed forces. Volume one of this two-volume project provides the educational foundation necessary so that military officers from established democracies can raise their game in achieving effective dialogue on democratic development.
The Military Transition
The Military Transition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Military Transition write by Narcís Serra. This book was released on 2010-02-11. The Military Transition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Narcís Serra, former Spanish Minister of Defence, explains the process and conditions necessary for successful democratic military reform.
Militarization and Security in the Middle East
Militarization and Security in the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Militarization and Security in the Middle East write by Amīn Huwaydī. This book was released on 1989. Militarization and Security in the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
