Soldier and State in Africa
Author : Claude Emerson Welch
Publisher : Evanston : Northwestern University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,30 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Claude Emerson Welch
Publisher : Evanston : Northwestern University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,30 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Zoltan Barany
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2012-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0691137692
Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. It demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of democratizing regimes.
Author : Samuel P. Huntington
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,78 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Herbert M. Howe
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588263155
Examines three options for increasing state security in Africa: regional military groupings, private security companies, and a continent-wide, professional peacekeeping force. Howe explores these alternatives within the larger context of why African militaries have proven incapable of handling new types of insurgency
Author : Claude E. Welch
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
ISBN : 9780608307817
Author : Rupiya, Martin
Publisher : The African Public Policy & Research Institute
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0620615273
In 1973, Yashev Raval wrote The Power of Wisdom, correctly pointing out that collusion between East and West had kept not only the balance of terror but provided the glue that kept geographic spheres of influence stable. Africa was part of that arena for global rivalry. With the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, the stifling grip the superpowers had exercised throughout the world was fundamentally altered. The transformation of the international security system, coupled with political democratization, allowed the partial reorganisation of the security establishments on the African continent to embark upon the New African Civil Military Relations (ACMR). In the last decade and half, the implosion of African states exposed to forces of democratization has escalated, manifest in Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Lesotho. At the heart of the states’ implosion has been weak, fragile and partisan defence and security institutions – a phenomenon that requires urgent research intervention to guide the much-needed reforms. In 2014, the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the bi-annual African Studies Conference, with the lead author accorded the responsibility of organizing a Session on ACMR. From amongst some of the exciting Abstracts presented, authors submitted these as full chapters for this book which captures International African Studies Perspectives, managed by the African Public Policy & Research Institute (APPRI). This process was further facilitated by one of the presenters and now co-editor, Maj Henrik Laugesen from the Royal Danish Defence College, who agreed to lead on the fundraising – succeeding in securing support from the Royal Danish Defence College. The result is this book.
Author : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317124308
The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social systems. Despite significant progress moving towards democracy among some African countries in the past decade, all too many African militaries have yet to accept core democratic principles regulating civilian authority over the military. This book explores the theory of civil-military relations and moves on to review the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by looking first into the organization and role of the army in pre-colonial and colonial eras, before examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. Furthermore it revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as the modernizing force. Whether as a revolutionary force, as a stabilizing force, or as a modernizing force, the military has often been perceived as the only organized and disciplined group with the necessary skills to uplift newly independent nations. The performance of Africa's military governments since independence, however, has soundly disproven this thesis. As such, this study conveys the necessity of new civil-military relations in Africa and calls not just for civilian control of the military but rather a democratic oversight of the security forces in Africa.
Author : Claude Emerson Welch
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Africa
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Author : Simon Baynham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1000347516
First published in 1986, Military Power and Politics in Black Africa explores many themes that concerned military power and politics in sub-Saharan Africa at the time of publication. Adopting a thematic approach, the book considers the nature of both intervention and disengagement and looks at the relationship between civilian and military institutions. The final chapters put forward arguments for the importance of foreign intervention in the politics and civil-military relations of African states.
Author : U. S. Military
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781720295808
Transnational crime, violent extremism, insecurity, and instability are common challenges that negatively impact U.S. interests in Africa, including democracy promotion, development, trade, peace, and security. Professional African militaries are one potential solution to these challenges. Toward this end, U.S. military training and professional education has increased in Africa since 2002. Building professional militaries can improve security but also presents a moral dilemma. African regimes are often criticized for poor governance