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Coercion and Governance - The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia (Hardcover, First)
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Coercion and Governance - The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia (Hardcover, First)
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This far-ranging volume offers both a broad overview of the role of
the military in contemporary Asia and a close look at the state of
civil-military relations in sixteen Asian countries. It provides
in-depth discussion of civil-military relations in countries where
the military still continues to dominate the political helm as well
as others where, in varying degrees, the military is disengaging
from politics. Conceptually, the study connects the explanation for
the changing relationship of the military to the state to the
processes associated with the construction of nation, state, and
political system, as well as the development of state capacity,
economic growth, and change in the international system.
The book argues that the key to understanding civil-military
relations in Asia and elsewhere is the role of coercion, in state
and nation building and in the exercise of political authority. As
coercion in these processes increases or decreases, so does the
political power and influence of the military. Civilian supremacy
requires superior political, ideational, moral, and economic power
translated into strong institutions that can regulate the military
and limit its role in governance.
A key finding of the volume is that, overall, the political power
and influence of the military in Asia, though still considerable in
some countries, is on the decline. At present only Burma and
Pakistan are under military rule, though the military is the
central pillar of the totalitarian regime in North Korea. The
number of Asian countries under civilian rule has increased
dramatically. However, the relationship between the state and the
soldier is not a settled issue, and in democratizing countries,
civil-military relations is still a contested domain that is being
redefined incrementally, often through struggle. The study
concludes that, in the long term, the power of the military will
continue to decline, and that the growing dominance of democratic
civilian control in Asia is likely to endure.
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