Military Institutions and Coercion in the Developing Nations
The Military in the Political Development of New Nations
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Military Institutions and Coercion in the Developing Nations
The Military in the Political Development of New Nations
226 pages | 5.50 x 8.50 | © 1964, 1977
Political Science: Comparative Politics
Sociology: General Sociology
Table of Contents
Preface, 1977
Preface to the First Edition
I. Paramilitary Forces in the Developing Nations
Coercion and Regime Stability
Perspectives on Civil-Military Relations
Military Elites and Politics
Trends in Military and Paramilitary Forces
Consequences for Regime Consolidation
Regional Patterns
Conclusions
II. The Military in the Political Development of New Nations
1. The Strategy of Comparative Analysis
Civil-Military Relations: Old Nations and New Historical and Economic Dimensions
Social Structure and Military Organization
2. The Internal Organization of the Military
Organizational Format
Skill Structure and Career Lines
Social Recruitment and Education
Professional and Political Ideology
Cohesion and Cleavage
3. Army and Society
Social and Economic Functions
The Mechanics and Political Intervention
The Preconditions for Political Balance
Appendix
Sociological Notes on the Analysis of Military Elites
Acknowledgments
Index
Preface to the First Edition
I. Paramilitary Forces in the Developing Nations
Coercion and Regime Stability
Perspectives on Civil-Military Relations
Military Elites and Politics
Trends in Military and Paramilitary Forces
Consequences for Regime Consolidation
Regional Patterns
Conclusions
II. The Military in the Political Development of New Nations
1. The Strategy of Comparative Analysis
Civil-Military Relations: Old Nations and New Historical and Economic Dimensions
Social Structure and Military Organization
2. The Internal Organization of the Military
Organizational Format
Skill Structure and Career Lines
Social Recruitment and Education
Professional and Political Ideology
Cohesion and Cleavage
3. Army and Society
Social and Economic Functions
The Mechanics and Political Intervention
The Preconditions for Political Balance
Appendix
Sociological Notes on the Analysis of Military Elites
Acknowledgments
Index