The Military's Impact on Democratic Development - Midwives or gravediggers of democracy? (Hardcover)

Despite the decline in the number of military coups since the 1960s and 1970s, Militaries continue to be crucial political actors in many world regions. Their impact on the democratic development of nations, however, has been mixed. On the one hand, coups against democratically elected leaders in Mali (2012), Egypt (2013), and Thailand (2014) have spelled doom for these countries' nascent democratic regimes and have ushered in new periods of military dominance in politics. The cases of Portugal (1974), the Philippines (1986), and Tunisia (2011), on the other hand, show that the military's decision not to defend authoritarian leaders against mass protests contributed crucially to the fall of dictatorships and facilitated transitions to democracy. This volume addresses the military's ambivalent role as "midwife" or "gravedigger" of democracy and highlights the often multi-layered and complex relationship between militaries' political behaviour and democratization. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Democratization.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Democratization Special Issues
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	David Kuehn
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	102
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-48559-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Promotions
LSN:	1-138-48559-4
Barcode:	9781138485594

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