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Democratic Militarism

Author : Jonathan D. Caverley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139917307
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Militarism written by Jonathan D. Caverley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are democracies pursuing more military conflicts, but achieving worse results? Democratic Militarism shows that a combination of economic inequality and military technical change enables an average voter to pay very little of the costs of large militaries and armed conflict, in terms of both death and taxes. Jonathan Caverley provides an original statistical analysis of public opinion and international aggression, combined with historical evidence from the late Victorian British Empire, the US Vietnam War effort, and Israel's Second Lebanon War. This book undermines conventional wisdom regarding democracy's exceptional foreign policy characteristics, and challenges elite-centered explanations for poor foreign policy. This accessible and wide ranging book offers a new account of democratic warfare, and will help readers to understand the implications of the revolution in military affairs.

Militarization, Democracy, and Development

Author : Kirk S. Bowman
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271046465
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Militarization, Democracy, and Development written by Kirk S. Bowman and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Bodies at War

Author : Belinda Linn Rincón
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081653585X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Bodies at War written by Belinda Linn Rincón and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the rise of neoliberal militarism from the early 1970s to the present and its destructive impact on democratic practices, economic policies, notions of citizenship, race relations, and gender norms by focusing on how these changes affect the Chicana community and cultural production--Provided by publisher.

The Soldier and the Changing State

Author : Zoltan Barany
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691137692
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Soldier and the Changing State written by Zoltan Barany and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. It demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of democratizing regimes.

Militarism and Democracy

Author : Carl Schurz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522980032
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Militarism and Democracy written by Carl Schurz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Militarism and Democracy" from Carl Schurz. Confidante of Lincoln, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, a major-general in the Civil War, a U.S. Senator from Missouri, Secretary of the Interior in the Hayes administration, author of a biography of Henry Clay, president of the National Civil Service Reform League, and an editorial writer for Harper's Weekly (1829-1906).

Who Guards the Guardians and How

Author : Thomas C. Bruneau
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029278340X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Who Guards the Guardians and How written by Thomas C. Bruneau and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continued spread of democracy into the twenty-first century has seen two-thirds of the almost two hundred independent countries of the world adopting this model. In these newer democracies, one of the biggest challenges has been to establish the proper balance between the civilian and military sectors. A fundamental question of power must be addressed—who guards the guardians and how? In this volume of essays, contributors associated with the Center for Civil-Military Relations in Monterey, California, offer firsthand observations about civil-military relations in a broad range of regions including Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Despite diversity among the consolidating democracies of the world, their civil-military problems and solutions are similar—soldiers and statesmen must achieve a deeper understanding of one another, and be motivated to interact in a mutually beneficial way. The unifying theme of this collection is the creation and development of the institutions whereby democratically elected civilians achieve and exercise power over those who hold a monopoly on the use of force within a society, while ensuring that the state has sufficient and qualified armed forces to defend itself against internal and external aggressors. Although these essays address a wide variety of institutions and situations, they each stress a necessity for balance between democratic civilian control and military effectiveness.

Between Military Rule and Democracy

Author : Yaprak Gursoy
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472130420
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Between Military Rule and Democracy written by Yaprak Gursoy and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines military interventions in Greece, Turkey, Thailand, and Egypt, and the military's role in authoritarian and democratic regimes

The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper

Author : Arturo C. Sotomayor
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421412136
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper written by Arturo C. Sotomayor and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If democratic principles do not just "rub off" onto United Nations peacekeepers, what positive or negative implications can be observed? Winner of the Luciano Tomassini Latin American Relations Book Award of the Luciano Tomassini Latin American Relations The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper reevaluates how United Nations peacekeeping missions reform (or fail to reform) their participating members. It investigates how such missions affect military organizations and civil-military relations as countries transition to a more democratic system. Two-thirds of the UN’s peacekeepers come from developing nations, many of which are transitioning to democracy as well. The assumption is that these “blue helmet” peacekeepers learn not only to appreciate democratic principles through their mission work but also to develop an international outlook and new ideas about conflict prevention. Arturo C. Sotomayor debunks this myth, arguing that democratic practices don’t just “rub off” on UN peacekeepers. So what, if any, benefit accrues to these troops from emerging democracies? In this richly detailed study of a decade’s worth of research (2001–2010) on Argentine, Brazilian, and Uruguayan peacekeeping participation, Sotomayor draws upon international socialization theory and civil-military relations to understand how peacekeeping efforts impact participating armed forces. He asks three questions: Does peacekeeping reform military organizations? Can peacekeeping socialize soldiers to become more liberalized and civilianized? Does peacekeeping improve defense and foreign policy integration? His evaluation of the three countries’ involvement in the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti reinforces his final analysis—that successful democratic transitions must include a military organization open to change and a civilian leadership that exercises its oversight responsibilities. The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper contributes to international relations theory and to substantive issues in civil-military relations and comparative politics. It provides a novel argument about how peacekeeping works and further insight into how international factors affect domestic politics as well as how international institutions affect democratizing efforts.

Universal Military Service and Democracy

Author : George William Nasmyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Military Service and Democracy written by George William Nasmyth and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democratic Militarism

Author : Jonathan D. Caverley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107063981
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Militarism written by Jonathan D. Caverley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the political and economic circumstances which lead democracies to build up their militaries and involve themselves in armed conflict.

Democracy After the War

Author : John Atkinson Hobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Democracy After the War written by John Atkinson Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democracy, Militarism, and Nationalism in Argentina, 1930–1966

Author : Marvin Goldwert
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477301860
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Militarism, and Nationalism in Argentina, 1930–1966 written by Marvin Goldwert and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until 1930, Argentina was one of the great hopes for stable democracy in Latin America. Argentines themselves believed in the destiny of their nation to become the leading Latin American country in wealth, power, and culture. But the revolution of 1930 unleashed the scourges of modern militarism and chronic instability in the land. Between 1930 and 1966, the Argentine armed forces, or factions of the armed forces, overthrew the government five times. For several decades, militarism was the central problem in Argentine political life. In this study, Marvin Goldwert interprets the rise, growth, and development of militarism in Argentina from 1930 to 1966. The tortuous course of Argentine militarism is explained through an integrating hypothesis. The army is viewed as a “power factor,” torn by a permanent dichotomy of values, which rendered it incapable of bringing modernization to Argentina. Caught between conflicting drives for social order and modernization, the army was an ambivalent force for change. First frustrated by incompetent politicians (1916–1943), the army was later driven by Colonel Juan D. Perón into an uneasy alliance with labor (1943–1955). Peronism initially represented the means by which army officers could have their cake—nationalistic modernization—and still eat it in peace, with the masses organized in captive unions tied to an authoritarian state. After 1955, when Perón was overthrown, a deeply divided army struggled to contain the remnants of its own dictatorial creation. In 1966, the army, dedicated to staunch anti-Peronism, again seized the state and revived the dream of reconciling social order and modernization through military rule. Although militarism has been a central problem in Argentine political life, it is also the fever that suggests deeper maladies in the body politic. Marvin Goldwert seeks to relate developments in the military to the larger political, social, and economic developments in Argentine history. The army and its factions are viewed as integral parts of the whole political spectrum during the period under study.

Militarism

Author : Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht
Publisher : New York, Huebsch
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Militarism written by Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht and published by New York, Huebsch. This book was released on 1917 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

After War

Author : Christopher J. Coyne
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804754392
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book After War written by Christopher J. Coyne and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-conflict reconstruction is one of the most pressing political issues today. This book uses economics to analyze critically the incentives and constraints faced by various actors involved in reconstruction efforts. Through this analysis, the book will aid in understanding why some reconstructions are more successful than others.

Democracy After The War (Routledge Revivals)

Author : J. A. Hobson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113511840X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Democracy After The War (Routledge Revivals) written by J. A. Hobson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1917, Democracy After the War considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasises the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the problem lies in the inequalities in income and wealth which led to imperialism. Through analysing the economic foundations of imperialist conflicts, Hobson comes to the conclusion that the success of democracy rests on the recognised importance of personal liberty.

The New American Militarism

Author : Andrew J. Bacevich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199323836
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The New American Militarism written by Andrew J. Bacevich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might wed to a blind faith in the universality of American values. This mindset, Bacevich warns, invites endless war and the ever-deepening militarization of U.S. policy. It promises not to perfect but to pervert American ideals and to accelerate the hollowing out of American democracy. In The New American Militarism, Bacevich examines the origins and implications of this misguided enterprise. He shows how American militarism emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam War, when various groups in American society -soldiers, politicians on the make, intellectuals, strategists, Christian evangelicals, even purveyors of pop culture-came to see the revival of military power and the celebration of military values as the antidote to all the ills besetting the country as a consequence of Vietnam and the 1960s. The upshot, acutely evident in the aftermath of 9/11, has been a revival of vast ambitions, this time coupled with a pronounced affinity for the sword. Bacevich urges Americans to restore a sense of realism and a sense of proportion to U.S. policy. He proposes, in short, to bring American purposes and American methods-especially with regard to the role of the military-back into harmony with the nation's founding ideals. For this edition, Bacevich has written a new Afterword in which he considers how American militarism has changed in the past five years. He explores in particular how this ideology has functioned under Barack Obama, who ran for president on a campaign based on hope for change and for a new beginning. Despite such rhetoric, Bacevich powerfully suggests, the attitudes and arrangements giving rise to the new American militarism remain intact and inviolable as ever.

Power and Military Effectiveness

Author : Michael C. Desch
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801888018
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Power and Military Effectiveness written by Michael C. Desch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1815 democratic states have emerged victorious from most wars, leading many scholars to conclude that democracies are better equipped to triumph in armed conflict with autocratic and other non-representative governments. Political scientist Michael C. Desch argues that the evidence and logic of that supposition, which he terms "democratic triumphalism," are as flawed as the arguments for the long-held and opposite belief that democracies are inherently disadvantaged in international relations. Through comprehensive statistical analysis, a thorough review of two millennia of international relations thought, and in-depth case studies of modern-era military conflicts, Desch finds that the problems that persist in prosecuting wars -- from building up and maintaining public support to holding the military and foreign policy elites in check -- remain constant regardless of any given state's form of government. In assessing the record, he finds that military effectiveness is almost wholly reliant on the material assets that a state possesses and is able to mobilize. Power and Military Effectiveness is an instructive reassessment of the increasingly popular belief that military success is one of democracy's many virtues. International relations scholars, policy makers, and military minds will be well served by its lessons. -- Alexander B. Downes