Author : Morris Janowitz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 1988-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0226393194
This book includes Janowitz's seminal work, The Military in the Political Development of New Nations, with additional new analysis of Latin American nations and of the increasing significance of paramilitary and police forces in authoritarian regimes in developing nations.
Author : Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0739182811
This book examines two sides of civil–military relations in developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations within a state’s political and economic systems; the other is the role of the military on a state’s maintenance of peace and stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of civil-military relationship with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The Arab Spring Countries of the Middle East including Bahrain, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Each chapter analyzes the historical, cultural and political factors that shape the direction of the man on the white horse (military elite) and the politician. In doing so, this book reveals the potential impact of the nature of civil military relations on democratization, political and economic development, and on regional/international security. Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Glen Segell discuss and critique the current models and literature on civil-military relations. The innovative framework and careful choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible style, makes this book attractive to scholars and students of civil military relations and development studies, as well as policymakers.
Author : Michael Brzoska
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Case studies of the defence industry in developing countries and newly industrializing countries - covers the political development context, military expenditures and military research, employment and production, types of weapons and military equipment, economic implications of weapons exports and relationships with foreign policy, etc.; considers the UN weapons embargo on South Africa R. Bibliography, diagrams, graphs, references, statistical tables.
Author : Wuyi Omitoogun
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199262663
In this comprehensive study, 15 African experts describe and analyse the military budgetary processes and degree of parliamentary oversight and control in nine countries of Africa, spanning across all the continent's sub-regions. Each case study addresses a wide range of questions, such as the roles of the ministries of finance, budget offices, audit departments and external actors in the military budgetary processes, the extent of compliance with standard public expenditure management procedures, and how well official military expenditure figures reflect the true economic resources devoted to military activities in these countries.
Author : Kirk S. Bowman
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Do Third World countries benefit from having large militaries, or does this impede their development? Kirk Bowman uses statistical analysis to demonstrate that militarization has had a particularly malignant impact in this region. For his quantitative comparison he draws on longitudinal data for a sample of 76 developing countries and for 18 Latin American nations. To illuminate the causal mechanisms at work, Bowman offers a detailed comparison of Costa Rica and Honduras between 1948 and 1998. The case studies not only serve to bolster his general argument about the harmful effects of militarization but also provide many new insights into the processes of democratic consolidation and economic transformation in these two Central American countries.
Author : Henry Bienen
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 1968-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1610440544
Explores the mechanisms of military intervention and its consequences. The contributors examine a succession of coups, attempted coups, and established military regimes, with a view to evaluate the role of the military as a ruling group and an organization fostering political development. These studies cast strong doubt on the abilities of the military as a modernizing and stabilizing agent, raising important questions about our policies on military assistance and arms sales. Bienen makes an especially strong plea for a reassessment of our military and economic-political policies in order to determine whether both are working toward the same goals.
Author : J. Brömmelhörster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 2003-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1403944008
Armed forces across the globe engage in economic activities both in times of war and peace. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomenon, comparing experiences with 'military business' from four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America). Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the volume shows the implications of 'military business' for civil-military relations, good governance and international development policies.
Author : James E. Payne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 11,14 MB
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0429695675
This book examines the impact defense spending has on economic growth. While defense spending was not deliberately invented as a fiscal policy instrument, its importance in the composition of overall government spending and thus in determining employment is now easily recognized. In light of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent reduction in the threat to the security of the United States, maintaining defense spending at the old level seems indefensible. The media has concentrated on the so-called peace dividend. However, as soon as the federal government is faced with defense cuts, it realizes the macroeconomic ramifications of such a step. Based on studies included in this volume, we examine the effects of defense spending on economic growth and investigate how the changed world political climate is likely to alter the importance and pattern of defense spending both for developed and developing countries.
Author : Abdul-Monem M. Al-Mashat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,63 MB
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429716516
For nations of the Third World, national security poses serious dilemmas. Unlike Western nations, less developed countries must balance the complex and often contradictory requirements of socioeconomic and political development with problems of internal stability and the requirements of national defense. For these countries, a concept of national s
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780889368538
From Defence to Development: Redirecting military resources in South Africa
