Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies : Democratic Control and Military Effectiveness in Comparative Perspectives

This book addresses the challenge of reforming defense and military policy-making in newly democratized nations. By tracing the development of civil-military relations in various new democracies from a comparative perspective, it links two bodies of scholarship that thus far have remained largely separate: the study of emerging (or failed) civilian control over armed forces on the one hand; and work on the roots and causes of military effectiveness to guarantee the protection and security of citizens on the other. The empirical and theoretical findings presented here will appeal to scholars of civil-military relations, democratization and security issues, as well as to defense policy-makers. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-21 The Long Shadow of History: Civilian Control and Military Effectiveness in Poland....Pages 23-40 Institutional Failure and Civic Activism: The Potential for Democratic Control in Post-Maidan Ukraine....Pages 41-61 Civil-Military Relations in Two “Third Wave” Democracies: The First and a Follower....Pages 63-81 Mexico: A Civil-Military “Pact” Unravelling?....Pages 83-101 Civilian Control and Military Effectiveness in South Africa and Ghana....Pages 103-127 Civilian Control and Defense Policy in Indonesia’s Nascent Democracy....Pages 129-150 Reforming Defense and Military Policy-Making in South Korea, 1987–2012....Pages 151-169 Democratic Control and Military Effectiveness of the Turkish Armed Forces....Pages 171-192 Lebanon: The Limits of Controlling a National Army in a Sectarian State....Pages 193-212 Strengthening the Tunisian Armed Forces? Reforming Defense and Military Policy-Making in Tunisia....Pages 213-229