Comparative Method and Civil-Military Relations

J. ‘Bayo Adekanye is Nigerian scholar and professor of Political Science. He was a tenured staff of the Department of Political Science, the University of Ibadan before retiring in 2006. He held teaching combined with research and administrative positions in several institutions, including Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; University of Lancaster, England; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the international peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway; Kogi State University (now renamed Prince Abubakar of Audu University), and Babcock University, Ogun State.

• Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword PrefacePart One: The Crux of Civil-Military RelationsChapter 1: The Military Problem in Comparative Political AnalysisChapter 2: Towards Explaining Civil-Military Instability in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Political ModelChapter 3: Reforming the Character of Civil-Military Relations for Democratic Governance in Nigeria After 1999Part Two: Insights from Traditional Political and Military TheoryChapter 4: Machiavelli and the Military: The Prince and Psychology of Empty PowerChapter 5: The Military Aspects of Orthodox Marxist Theory of Revolution: A Contextual AnalysisChapter 6: The “Brawn” versus “Brain” Dispute in Contemporary African Civil-Military History and ThoughtPart Three: Styles and Critique of Contemporary Western Political and Military ThinkingChapter 7: Critique as Method of Inquiry in Political Science in GeneralChapter 8: Systematic Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge in Civil-Military RelationsChapter 9: On the Theory of Modernizing Soldier: A CritiqueChapter 10: The Concept and Problematic of ‘Non-Western Civil-Military Process': Some Methodological QueriesChapter 11: The Role of Armies in and the Problematics of “State- and/or Nation-Building”: A Critical Review of Theories and CasesPart Four: Logic of Classification and Comparison in Civil-Military AnalysisChapter 12: The Fundamentals of ClassificationChapter 13: Methodological Note on Typology of Military Organization and SocietyChapter 14: Military Organization and Federal SocietyPart Five: Data Sources, Methods, and Problems about Researching the MilitaryChapter 15: Sources and Methods for the Nigerian Military Expenditure Data: A Research NoteChapter 16: Civil-Military Relations and Public Support for DefenseChapter 17: Field Research on African Military OrganizationsAppendix - Researching “The Nigerian RetiredMilitary”: The Research Problem, Aims and Objectives/Hypotheses, DataSources/MethodsIndex