TY - BOOK ID - 85462922 TI - Soldiers, politicians, and civilians : reforming civil-military relations in democratic Latin America AU - Pion-Berlin, David AU - Martinez, Rafael PY - 2017 SN - 1108365213 1316576639 1108363652 1107149975 1316604438 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Civil-military relations KW - Democracy KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Military and civilian power KW - Military-civil relations KW - Executive power KW - Sociology, Military KW - Military government KW - Southern Cone of South America KW - Brazil KW - al-Barāzīl KW - Barāzīl KW - Brasil KW - Brasile KW - Brasilia KW - Brasilië KW - Brasilien KW - Brazili KW - Brazili Federativlă Respubliki KW - Brazilia KW - Brazilië KW - Brazilii︠a︡ KW - Brazilii︠a︡ Federativ Respublikaḣy KW - Braziliya KW - Braziliya Federativ Respublikası KW - Brazilská federativní republika KW - Brazylia KW - Brésil KW - Burajiru KW - Federale Republiek van Brasilië KW - Federative Republic of Brazil KW - Federativna republika Brazil KW - Federativna republika Brazilii︠a︡ KW - Federat︠s︡iėm Respublikė Brazil KW - Fedėratyŭnai︠a︡ Rėspublika Brazilii︠a︡ KW - Gweriniaeth Ffederal Brasil KW - Pa-hsi KW - Pa-se KW - Pa-se Liân-pang Kiōng-hô-kok KW - Pederatibong Republika sa Brasil KW - Pindorama KW - República Federal del Brasil KW - Republica Federale di u Brasile KW - Republica Federativa del Brazil KW - República Federativa do Brasil KW - Rèpublica fèdèrativa du Brèsil KW - Republik Kevreel Brazil KW - République fédérative du Brésil KW - Tantasqa Republika Wrasil KW - Tetã Pindorama KW - Wrasil KW - Федэратыўная Рэспубліка Бразілія KW - Федеративна република Бразилия KW - Федерациэм Республикэ Бразил KW - Бразил KW - Бразили KW - Бразили Федеративлă Республики KW - Бразилия KW - Бразилия Федератив Республикаhы KW - Бразілія KW - البرازيل KW - برازيل KW - ブラジル KW - Cone Sul (South America) KW - Cono Sur (South America) KW - Cono Sur de América KW - South America, Southern KW - South America, Southern Cone of KW - South American Southern Cone KW - Southern Cone (South America) KW - Southern South America KW - Armed Forces KW - Political activity. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85462922 AB - Are interactions between soldiers, politicians, and civilians improving? Every nation has to come to grips with achieving a more enduring harmony between government, the armed forces, and society if it aspires to strengthen its democracy. While there is an abundance of studies on civil-military affairs, few examine all three of these actors, let alone establish any standards with which to assess whether progress is being made. This ambitious book devises a novel framework equipped with six dimensions, each of which opens a unique window into civil-military affairs, and which form a more integrated view of the subject. Those dimensions are accompanied by a set of benchmarks and metrics that assess progress and compare one country against another. The framework is applied to case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay, with the conviction that insights could be gleaned that may be relevant elsewhere. Ultimately, by unpacking the civil-military relation into its various dimensions, this study has shed light on what it takes to transform what was once a politically-minded military into an organization dedicated to serving a democratic state and society. ER -