Defence ministers and the politics of civil-military labour in Chile: a dialogue with Huntington's<i>The Soldier and the State</i>

Solar, Carlos

doi:10.1080/13569775.2018.1554332

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“…Since the return to democracy in Brazil and Chile, most notably, the elected authorities have fired and replaced military officers not aligning for different reasons with the shift towards democratization and civilian control (Cardoso, 2012; Solar, 2019a). Nevertheless, populist politicians can encourage the military to have a particular persuasion or input in political affairs offering them rewards and advances in their careers.…”

Section: Transitions and Democracy Dilemmasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in the military in post-authoritarian societies

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2020

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Why does the military remain one of the most trusted institutions despite, in some cases, their history of violence, corporate abuses and bloody interventions to overthrow the state and punish parts of society? This article analyses the interaction between individual factors and support for the armed forces in Argentina, Brazil and Chile to understand current forms of opinion and trust-shifts in post-authoritarian societies. It explores whether in these three democracies, support for the military is explained by the extent to which citizens support other political institutions, democracy, partisan ideologies, and novel military missions, such as the armed forces combating crime. The empirical results suggest that trust in congress and the police are statistically significant factors explaining variance in the outcome in the three case studies. The findings then vary by country. Support for democracy is positively correlated with trust in the military in Brazil but negatively associated with confidence in the military in Chile, where support for military intervention when there are increasing levels of crime is also statistically significant with confidence in the armed forces. In both Brazil and Chile, individuals supporting the armed forces are more likely to support the military participating in countering crime. These findings have important implications for the study of military sociology and politics.

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Section: Transitions and Democracy Dilemmasmentioning

confidence: 99%