Military Transition - Democratic Reform of the Armed Forces

Informationen zum Autor Narcís Serra is currently President of the CIDOB Foundation and the 'Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals' (IBEI). He is a former Mayor of Barcelona, Spanish Minister of Defence and Vice President of the Spanish Government. Klappentext Narcis Serra, former Spanish Minister of Defence, explains the process and conditions necessary for successful democratic military reform. Zusammenfassung The reform of the armed forces is crucial to the success of the transition to democracy in any country. Narcís Serra, a former Spanish Minister of Defence, explains the steps necessary to reduce the powers of the armed forces during the process of democratic transition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The study of the transition to democracy; 2. Democratic transition and the armed forces: military autonomy; 3. What is military reform?; 4. The component parts of military reform; 5. Transition and military reform in Spain; 6. Consolidation and military reform in Spain; 7. Controlling the armed forces in the stage of democratic persistence: the debate in the United States over the last ten years; 8. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Narcis Serra, Narcís Serra
• Assisted by: Peter Bush (Translation), Bush Peter (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2010
• EAN: 9780521116671
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11667-1
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Spain, military history, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Military tactics, Military administration