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The Politics of Military Reform

Experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria

Jürgen Rüland, Maria-Gabriela Manea, Hans Born (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XX, 240 Seiten

2012 | 2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-29623-9 (ISBN)

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This volume seeks to explain why democratization and military reforms stagnate in newly democratizing countries. The contributions blend historical, ideational, cultural and structural explanatory factors to analyze the trajectories of military reform in Indonesia and Nigeria, two major regional powers that share many structural commonalities. In the tradition of the literature on security sector reform (SSR), the book not only scrutinizes executive initiatives toward military reform, but also provides ample coverage of societal actors. Findings show that while military reform is stagnating in both countries, societal forces ought to be taken into account more as major driving forces in explaining military reform. Several chapters study how legislatures, non-governmental organizations and the civilian defence epistemic community contribute to the transformation of military institutions. The last part of the book tackles another aspect rarely studied in the literature on military reform, namely, the role of militias in military reform.

Jürgen Rüland is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany, and Chairman of the university's Southeast Asian Studies Program. He has published extensively on Southeast Asian politics and security issues in journals such as the European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy, The Pacific Review, Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Contemporary Southeast Asia, European Journal of East Asian Studies, Asia Europe Journal and Security Dialogue. He is co-author of Parliaments and Political Change in Asia (2005), and co-editor of Asian Security Reassessed. Contemporary Policies and New Challenges (2006).Maria Gabriela Manea is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University Freiburg, Germany. Her publications appeared in The Pacific Review and Cooperation and Conflict.Hans Born is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, where he heads the DCAF's research working groups on Parliamentary Accountability of the Security Sector and Legal Aspects of Security Sector Governance. He co-authored Security Sector Reform in Transitional Societies (2002), Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices (2003) and The "Double Democratic Deficit": Parliamentary Accountability and the Use of Force under International Auspices (2004).

1 The Politics of Military Reform in Indonesia and Nigeria: An Introduction.- 2 Taking Stock of Military Reform in Indonesia.- 3 Taking Stock of Military Reform in Nigeria.- 4 Reinventing the Military as a Political Actor: Alternative Discourses of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria.- 5 Military Businesses in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Decline, Reform and Persistence.- 6 The Legislature and Military Reform in Indonesia.- 7 The Role of Civil Society in Indonesia's Military Reform.- 8 Parliament, Civil Society and Military Reform in Nigeria.- 9 Security Challenges and Military Reform in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: The Impact of Separatism, Terrorism, and Communal Violence.- 10 The Niger Delta-Conflict and Military Reform in Nigeria.- 11 Reviving Security Sector Reform in Transition States: Lessons Learned from Indonesia and Nigeria.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2012
Reihe/Serie	Global Power Shift
Zusatzinfo	XX, 240 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Civil-Military Relations • Democratization • Indonesia • Indonesien; Politik/Zeitgesch. • Militär • Military Reform • Nigeria • Nigeria; Politik/Zeitgesch. • Reform
ISBN-10	3-642-29623-8 / 3642296238
ISBN-13	978-3-642-29623-9 / 9783642296239
Zustand	Neuware