THE SOLDIER AND THE CHANGING STATE by Zoltan Barany ( 9780691137698 )

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Title:

THE SOLDIER AND THE CHANGING STATE
BUILDING DEMOCRATIC ARMIES IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS

By:

Zoltan Barany

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0691137692

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9780691137698

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Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

7 September, 2012

Pages:

472

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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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9 tables.

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Princeton University Press

Prizes:

Short-listed for "Choice"'s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 2013

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