DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Civil-Military Relations in Europe

Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change

Marina Caparini editor Jurgen Kuhlmann editor Karl Haltiner editor Hans Born editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:9th Feb '06

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This hardback is available in another edition too:

Civil-Military Relations in Europe cover

This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions, and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place.

The contributors show how contemporary European states manage the following issue: how does a society, primarily through its legitimate, democratically elected political leaders and their appointed officials, control the military, that same state institution that has been established for its protection and wields the monopoly of legitimate force?

Twenty-eight case studies are selected from key countries: the Czech Republic, Germany, Georgia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, and the Ukraine. The key subjects of these cases vary from corruption to military incompetence, disobedience towards civilian superiors, to unauthorized strikes and accidents. The focus is on the relationship between political, civilian and military actors while identifying problems and dangers that can emerge in those relations to the detriment of effective and legitimate democratic control.

This is essential reading for students of civil-military relations, democratization, European politics and security studies in general.

'This book stands out for the breadth of the countries studied and should be read by all students of security sector reform.'Thomas Jackson, Journal of Peace Research

ISBN: 9780415385404

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 498g

300 pages