Militarys Impact on Democratic Development - Midwives Or Gravediggers of Democracy?

Informationen zum Autor David Kuehn is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, Germany. His main research interests include civil-military relations, democratization, authoritarianism and social science methodology. Klappentext This volume addresses the military's potential political role as the midwife for democratic transitions, or the gravedigger of democratic rule. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Democratization. Zusammenfassung This volume addresses the military’s potential political role as the midwife for democratic transitions, or the gravedigger of democratic rule. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Democratization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Midwives or gravediggers of democracy? The military’s impact on democratic development David Kuehn 1. Military loyalty and the failure of democratization in Africa: how ethnic armies shape the capacity of presidents to defy term limits Kristen A. Harkness 2. Economic interdependence and post-coup democratization Mwita Chacha and Jonathan Powell 3. Explaining military coups and impeachments in Latin America Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and John Polga-Hecimovich 4. Conditions of military contestation in populist Latin America David Kuehn and Harold Trinkunas

Product details

• Authors: David Kuehn
• Assisted by: David Kuehn (Editor), Kuehn David (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138485594
• ISBN: 978-1-138-48559-4
• No. of pages: 102
• Series: Democratization Special Issues
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, Warfare & defence, Political structures: democracy, Revolutionary groups & movements, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Revolutionary groups and movements