Civilianisation of the Defence Ministry: A Functional
... democracy is the perception of the public. An organisation perceived as legitimate will get public and political support. Legitimacy is derived both from how authority is structured (control) and from performance (effectiveness and efficiency). The ultimate defence institution building involves perp ...
... democracy is the perception of the public. An organisation perceived as legitimate will get public and political support. Legitimacy is derived both from how authority is structured (control) and from performance (effectiveness and efficiency). The ultimate defence institution building involves perp ...
Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in
... they generally lack the policy tools to address domestic problems. Additionally, new research suggests that states having undergone only partial democratic transitions are highly likely to initiate militarized disputes to harness nationalism and mobilize support to preserve incumbency (Mansfield and ...
... they generally lack the policy tools to address domestic problems. Additionally, new research suggests that states having undergone only partial democratic transitions are highly likely to initiate militarized disputes to harness nationalism and mobilize support to preserve incumbency (Mansfield and ...
OPPORTUNITY COSTS: Military Spending and
... at its New York headquarters entitled The World is Over-Armed and Peace is Under-funded.2 Using the figures of 2010, it juxtaposes global military expenditure and the UN budget. The comparisons are shocking: military spending was 12.7 times higher than the Official Development Assistance ($128 bn), ...
... at its New York headquarters entitled The World is Over-Armed and Peace is Under-funded.2 Using the figures of 2010, it juxtaposes global military expenditure and the UN budget. The comparisons are shocking: military spending was 12.7 times higher than the Official Development Assistance ($128 bn), ...
University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies Working Paper Series
... the so-called “National Security Doctrine” and on the theories of “anti-subversive” or “antiguerrilla” warfare, all of which had been taught in the high-level training schools of the Brazilian Armed Forces since the mid-1950s. The military who moved into power in 1964 believed that the democratic re ...
... the so-called “National Security Doctrine” and on the theories of “anti-subversive” or “antiguerrilla” warfare, all of which had been taught in the high-level training schools of the Brazilian Armed Forces since the mid-1950s. The military who moved into power in 1964 believed that the democratic re ...
The Diffusion of Military Dictatorships
... individuals in which the action of one group member creates new status aspirations for the other members. In what follows we consider 48 African countries for the 19722007 period to answer the following research question: is there a diffusion effect of military dictatorship? Needless to say, the ch ...
... individuals in which the action of one group member creates new status aspirations for the other members. In what follows we consider 48 African countries for the 19722007 period to answer the following research question: is there a diffusion effect of military dictatorship? Needless to say, the ch ...
Chapter 7 - People Server at UNCW
... focused more on peacekeeping activities, leaving broader security to NATO and European Union ...
... focused more on peacekeeping activities, leaving broader security to NATO and European Union ...
