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This book demonstrates that the timing as well as the degree to which the armed forces leave the levers of political power and the nature of the successor regime depend on both external, societal, or ecological factors as well as internal, organizational, or institutional ones.
List of contents
Military Dictatorships in Retreat: Problems and Perspectives -- Obstacles to Disengagement and Democratization: Military Regimes in Benin and Burkina Faso -- After the Coup: South Korea Creates a New Political Order -- Polish Soldiers in Politics: The Party in Uniform? -- Contemporary Civil-Military Relations Theory and De-Intervention: The Case of Panama -- The Politics of Disengagement in Turkey: The Kemalist Tradition -- Back to the Barracks: The Brazilian Military's Style -- A Postmortem of the Institutional Military Regime in Peru -- Withdrawal in Disgrace: Decline of the Argentine Military, 1976-1983 -- Beating a Hasty Retreat: The Greek Military Withdraws from Power -- Withdrawal and After: A One-Way Street or a Revolving Door?
About the author
Constantine P. Danopoulos teaches Political Science at San José State University and Santa Clara University. A native of Greece, he received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from San José State University and his Ph.D., also in Political Science, from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has written extensively on the subject of civil-military relations. His publications include:
Warriors and Politicians in Modern Greece (1984) and many articles in journals such as
Political Science Quarterly; Armed Forces and Society; the
Journal of Political and Military Sociology, West European Politics, and
Public Administration and Development. He is presently associate editor of the
Journal of Political and Military Sociology.
Summary
This book demonstrates that the timing as well as the degree to which the armed forces leave the levers of political power and the nature of the successor regime depend on both external, societal, or ecological factors as well as internal, organizational, or institutional ones.
