Civil-Military Relations in Taiwan

Identity and Transformation

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Dean Karalekas, Taiwan) Karalekas, Dean (Taiwan Center for Security Studies

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The armed forces of theRepublic of China (ROC) on Taiwan are in dire need of reform to address aplethora of problems including inadequate training, low morale, poor publicperception, and low recruitment numbers. This book uses the postmodern military model to measure how publicperception of the military is influenced by self-identification in Taiwan, andit shows that the public has little confidence or trust in their military, evenas they remain acutely aware of the threat posed by an increasingly belligerentChina and its ever-growing People's Liberation Army.While there has been muchanalysis as to what strategies and weapons systems should be adopted by ROCdefense planners, relatively little has been written on how to create a morerelevant military within Taiwan society. Ultimately, this book addresses thesematters and provides policymakers within the ROC government and military, aswell as researchers of Asia Pacific security, with an understanding of thecurrent relationship between military and society, to assist in the creation ofa more accountable military.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-09-07
Mått129 x 198 x 12 mm
Vikt240 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEmerald Points
Antal sidor216
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781787564824

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Dean Karalekas is the co-founder and Associate Editor of Strategic Vision for Taiwan Security, published by the Taiwan Center for Security Studies and the Republic of China’s National Defense University. His research focuses on civil–military relations, self-identification, Taiwan studies, and emergency and disaster management. He spent several years as a journalist, educator, and immigration consultant in East Asia, and received his PhD in Asia-Pacific Studies from the National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Introduction: The Armed Forces of the Republic of China (ROC)1. Moskos’s Postmodern Military Model2. Ethnic Self-Identification3. Threat Perception in Taiwan4. Force Structure & Conscientious Objectors5. Major Mission Definition6. Dominant Military Professional & Civilian Employees7. Spouses and the Military Community8. Women and the Military9. Homosexuals in the ROC Military10. Public Attitudes & Media Relations11. Summary of Findings12. Policy Recommendations

Aiming to provide policymakers in the government and military of the Republic of China with an understanding of the current military-society relationship and help them create a more accountable military, the author applies the postmodern military model to civil-military relations in Taiwan, to study the impact of self-identification on a variety of perceptions of the Republic of China military and to what degree the beliefs of Taiwan's citizens about it are impacted by the way they identify ethnically, as either Chinese or Taiwanese. He explains the postmodern military model and the concept of ethnic self-identification, and assesses the military using the model according to the perceptions of the citizens of Taiwan in terms of the model’s dimensions of threat perception that drives the military and society in Taiwan, force structure and conscientious objectors in the military, the mission definition of the military, dominant military professional and civilian employees, spouses in the military community, women and homosexuals in the military, and public attitudes and media relations related to the military, ending with policy recommendations.