 | Civil-Military Relations in Europe: Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; European Studies; European Politics; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Military & Strategic Studies; Sociology & Social Policy; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; War & Conflict Studies; Political Sociology; This new booknbsp;illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place. The contributors shownbsp;how contemporary European states manage the following issue: how does a society, primarily through its legitimate, democratically elected political leaders and their appointed officials, control the military, that same state institution that has been established for its protection and wields the monopoly of legitimate force?nbsp;nbsp; Twenty-eightnbsp;case studies are selected fromnbsp;keynbsp;countries: the Czech Republic, Germany, Georgia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland and the Ukraine. The key subjects of these cases vary from corruption to military incompetence, disobedience towards civilian superiors, to unauthorized strikes and accidents. The focus is on the relationship between political, civilian and military actors while identifying problems and dangers that can emerge in those relations to the detriment of effective and legitimate democratic control. Thisnbsp;is essential reading for students of civil-military relations, democratization, European politicsnbsp;and security studies in general.nbsp;nbsp; |
