From Military to Civilian Rule

Military disengagement from power in favour of a civilian government is not an uncommon phenomenon, especially in the developing world. First published in 1992, From Military to Civilian Rule is the first comparative study of the motives behind military withdrawal and the establishment of sustainable civilian rule.

List of contents

1. Intervention, withdrawal and civilian rule: notes and perspectives 2. In the wrong republic: civil-military relations in modern France 3. Farewell to man on horseback: intervention and civilian supremacy in modern Greece 4. A democratic strategy toward the military in post-Franco Spain 5. Costa Rica: the crisis of demilitarization 6. The politics of civilian rule in Colombia 7. The military in a subsidized democracy: the case of Venezuela 8. Civilian supremacy in Mexico: the case of post-revolutionary military 9. The Dominican military's conditional retreat 10. Coup, withdrawal and economic development in Gabon 11. Sierra Leone: civilian-military republic 12. Military intervention and withdrawal in Africa: problems and perspectives.

About the author

Constantine P. Danopoulos teaches Political Science at San José State University, USA.

Summary

Military disengagement from power in favour of a civilian government is not an uncommon phenomenon, especially in the developing world. First published in 1992, From Military to Civilian Rule is the first comparative study of the motives behind military withdrawal and the establishment of sustainable civilian rule.

Product details

• Authors: Constantine P. Danopoulos
• Assisted by: Constantine P. Danopoulos (Editor), Danopoulos Constantine P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032842462
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284246-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Politics and government, Warfare and defence