Soldiers of Democracy? - Military Legacies and the Arab Spring

Using detailed case studies of Egypt and Tunisia, and drawing on over 140 interviews with civilian and military leaders and three surveys of military personnel, this scholarly volume examines why some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1: Introduction


• 2: A Theory of Military Behavior


• 3: Cross-National Analysis


• 4: Case Selection: Egypt and Tunisia


• 5: Egypt: Empowering the Military


• 6: Egypt: Repression and Revolution


• 7: Egypt: A Coup against Democracy


• 8: Tunisia: Marginalizing the Military


• 9: Tunisia: Shirking in the Revolution


• 10: Tunisia: Supporting the Transition


• 11: Tunisia: Facilitating the Takeover


• 12: Surveying the Military


• 13: Conclusion


• Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sharan Grewal is an Assistant Professor of Government at William & Mary, a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science, among other outlets, and has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation.

Zusammenfassung

Using detailed case studies of Egypt and Tunisia, and drawing on over 140 interviews with civilian and military leaders and three surveys of military personnel, this scholarly volume examines why some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy.

Zusatztext

The book is a valuable resource for those interested in examining democratic transitions, civil-military relations, and social movements.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Grewal , Dr Sharan (Assistant Professor Grewal, Sharan Grewal
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.07.2023
• EAN: 9780198873518
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887351-8
• Seiten: 352
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Egypt, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Tunisia, Political science and theory