Rethinking Military Politics
by Stepan, AlfredFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1988-03-01
Publisher(s): Princeton Univ Pr
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Summary
In Rethinking Military Politics the author takes a new look at themes raised in his earlier work on the state, the breakdown of democracy, and the military. The reader of this book will gain a fresh understanding of new democracies and democratic movements throughout the world and their attempts to understand and control to military. An earlier version of this book has been a controversial best seller in Brazil.
Author Biography
Alfred Stepan is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
Table of Contents
| Lists of Tables and Figures | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Military Politics in Three Polity Arenas: Civil Society, Political Society, and the State | p. 3 |
| The Brazilian Intelligence System in Comparative Perspective | p. 13 |
| Abertura: Intra-State Conflicts and the Courtship of Civil Society | p. 30 |
| Military Discourse and Abertura | p. 45 |
| The End of the Regime: Political Society and the Military | p. 55 |
| The Military in Newly Democratic Regimes: The Dimension of Military Contestation | p. 68 |
| The Military in Newly Democratic Regimes: The Dimension of Military Prerogatives | p. 93 |
| Democratic Empowerment and the Military: The Tasks of Civil Society, Political Society, and the State | p. 128 |
| Bibliography | p. 147 |
| Index | p. 161 |
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