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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David KuehnPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367519650ISBN 10: 0367519658 Pages: 116 Publication Date: 30 June 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Midwives or gravediggers of democracy? The military’s impact on democratic development David Kuehn 1. Military loyalty and the failure of democratization in Africa: how ethnic armies shape the capacity of presidents to defy term limits Kristen A. Harkness 2. Economic interdependence and post-coup democratization Mwita Chacha and Jonathan Powell 3. Explaining military coups and impeachments in Latin America Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and John Polga-Hecimovich 4. Conditions of military contestation in populist Latin America David Kuehn and Harold TrinkunasReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Kuehn is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, Germany. His main research interests include civil–military relations, democratization, authoritarianism and social science methodology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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