Civil-Military Relations

Theories, Politics, and Practices

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to field of civil-military relations. Civil-military relations is a challenging, and increasingly, topical subject of study. Exactly how civil and military actors relate affects how states apply the use of force in domestic and international affairs. This textbook provides an overview of the theories and politics of civil-military relations and is split into five parts: Part I: Armed Forces and the State Part II: Theories of Civil-Military Relations Part III: Socio-Cultural Understandings of Civil-Military Relations Part IV: Civil Military Relations in Practice Part V: Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Risk.The work introduces the historical and conceptual relationship between the armed forces and the state, the evolution and the range of theories of civil-military relations, the socio-cultural aspects of the civil-military relationship and how civil-military relations is practised in a variety of states.This textbook will be essential reading for students of Civil-Military Relations and Military Studies, and of great interest to students of Sociology, Defence Studies, International Security, and IR in general.

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Utgivningsdatum2027-06-30
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138211797

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1. IntroductionPART I: Armed Forces and the State2. The Relationship Between Armed Force and the Development of the Modern State3. The Relationship Between Political Objective and Armed Force PART II: Theories of Civil-Military Relations4. First Generation Theories of Civil-Military Relations: Control 5. Alternate Theories of Civil-Military Relations: Management 6. Second Generation Theories on Civil-Military Relations: Governance PART III: Socio-Cultural Understandings of Civil-Military Relations7. Armed Forces and Society 8. Strategic CulturePART IV: Civil Military Relations in Practice9. The United States: The Post-Cold War ‘Gap’ Crises 10. The UK: The Covenant and the Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 11. China and India: Inscrutable Dragon vs Waking Tiger 12. Canada and Denmark: Civil Military Relations in so-called ‘Warless States’ 13. Myanmar and Thailand: Military Rule in 21st Century Southeast Asia 14. South Africa and Nigeria: Harnessing military power 15. Japan and Germany: Civil Military Relations and the Shadows of 1945 16. Egypt and Israel: Very different neighbours 17. Argentina and Venezuela: Two roads diverging PART V: Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Risk18. Civil-Military Relations and the War on Terror 19. Warriors and Weapon systems: Whither the hero? 20. Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Risk