Towards the creation of an African civil-military relations tradition

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Description:

This paper seeks first to underscore the limitations of Western models of civil control which African countries employ to create stable civil-military relations. Second, it uses the recent experience of Southern African civil-military relations to illustrate the extent to which effective civil control over the military has been secured through a combination of objective and subjective mecahnisms. And finally, it suggests some revisions in the conceptual architecture of late modern civil-military relations theory so as to ensure that discipline is more consistent with the exigencies of the African political landscape.

Date Issued:

1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

African Journal of Political Science

Place:

Africa and Africa

Subject Topic:

Civil-military relations and Civil supremacy over the military

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5pc2vm3j