Research Handbook on Civil–Military Relations (Elgar Handbooks in Political Science)

Bringing together leading international scholars, this comprehensive Research Handbook analyses key problems, subjects, regions, and countries in civil-military relations. Showcasing cutting-edge research developments, it illustrates the deeply complex nature of the field and examines important topics in need of renewed consideration. Arranged in five thematic sections, chapters explore the role of armed forces in politics and society, the missions and roles of militaries, and crucial issues of control, compliance and effectiveness. Contributors present theoretically informed and empirically applied research asking novel questions and examining cutting-edge solutions to ongoing problems in the field. They demonstrate the wide range of research methodologies and meta-theoretical traditions in civil-military relations, spanning structuralism, behavioralism, institutionalism, and constructivism. Ultimately, the Research Handbook is a timely insight into the contemporary role of militaries, for example in democratization and autocratization processes and deployment during natural disasters and pandemics. The Research Handbook on Civil–Military Relations will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of military, security, and strategic studies, as well as comparative politics and military sociology. It will also be an important read for policymakers seeking to better understand the role of the military in society. Front Matter Copyright Contents Figures Tables Contributors 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Civil–Military Relations Part I Control and non-compliance 2. Introduction to Part I: control and non-compliance 3. Coups d’état and coup avoidance 4. Revisiting the Janus-face: civil–military relations and strategy-making 5. Military power and autonomy 6. Soldiers over diplomats: the delegation of foreign policy authority to the armed forces 7. The power of belief: the role of coups, microbehaviors, and military learning in ideas about civil–military relations1 8. Institutions of democratic control and oversight Part II Military effectiveness 9. Introduction to Part II: military effectiveness 10. Strategic planning, resources, effectiveness 11. Knowledge, expertise, and effectiveness 12. Coup-proofing and military effectiveness 13. Oversight, accountability, and effectiveness Part III Military mission and roles 14. Introduction to Part III: military missions 15. External threats and civilian control: the case of the Ukrainian military’s professional adaptation to Russian aggression 16. Internal deployment and democratic survival 17. Peacekeeping operations and civil–military relations: an emerging research agenda? 18. Military responses to natural disasters and pandemics Part IV Military and society 19. Introduction to Part IV: military and society 20. Demographics and military service 21. National cohesion, division, and military behavior 22. Military entrepreneurship 23. Militarism and militarization 24. Public opinion and the military 25. Education and military–societal convergence Part V Military in autocratization and democratization 26. Introduction to Part V: military in autocratization and democratization 27. Regime maintenance and counter-protest 28. Democratic resilience and the military in new democracies 29. Regime hybridization and civil–military relations 30. Autocratic consolidation and civil–military relations Index Bringing together leading international scholars, this comprehensive Research Handbook analyses key problems, subjects, regions and countries in civil-military relations. Showcasing cutting-edge research developments, it illustrates the deeply complex nature of the field and examines important topics in need of renewed consideration. Arranged in five thematic sections, chapters explore the role of armed forces in politics and society, the missions and roles of militaries, and crucial issues of control, compliance and effectiveness. Contributors present theoretically informed and empirically applied research asking novel questions and examining cutting-edge solutions to ongoing problems in the field. They showcase the wide range of research methodologies and meta-theoretical traditions in civil-military relations, spanning structuralism, behaviouralism, institutionalism, and constructivism. Ultimately, the Research Handbook is a timely insight into the contemporary role of militaries, for example in democratisation and autocratisation processes and deployment during natural disasters and pandemics. The Research Handbook on Civil-Military Relations will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of military, security, and strategic studies, as well as comparative politics and military sociology. It will also be an important read for policy-makers seeking to better understand the role of the military in society.