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The Soldier and the Changing State
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ISBN: 9786613852434 1400845491 1283539985 9781400845491 9781283539982 9780691137698 0691137692 9780691137681 0691137684 Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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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.

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Armed Forces --- Civil-military relations --- Armed Services --- Military, The --- Military art and science --- Disarmament --- Military and civilian power --- Military-civil relations --- Executive power --- Sociology, Military --- Military government --- Reorganization --- 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.

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