1995
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1995.mp26002006.x
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Dilemmas of Military Disengagement and Democratization in Africa

Abstract: Summary This article contends that one of the first tasks of new African democracies is to bring military establishments under democratic control. Although it might seem armies are now in retreat from politics, this has been ‘demilitarization by default’, resulting from economic and fiscal retrenchment and massive cuts in external military assistance, rather than from considered policy choices. Those attempting to tame the armed forces permanently face a series of dilemmas: for instance how to discourage reins… Show more

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“…their logistics and command structures, but about the way army interventions in politics reveal the nature of political power and its areas of failure in Africa" 45 characterizes in broad strokes a central bias in the work on military interventions in the politics of postcolonial African states. Regardless of whether the cause stems from historiographical trends, 46 the history of small, relatively apolitical colonial militaries, 47 or from political bias, 48 most have ignored the role of "the military and security apparatuses . .…”
Section: African Civil-military Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…their logistics and command structures, but about the way army interventions in politics reveal the nature of political power and its areas of failure in Africa" 45 characterizes in broad strokes a central bias in the work on military interventions in the politics of postcolonial African states. Regardless of whether the cause stems from historiographical trends, 46 the history of small, relatively apolitical colonial militaries, 47 or from political bias, 48 most have ignored the role of "the military and security apparatuses . .…”
Section: African Civil-military Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…CPEs are often preceded by a process of state collapse, defined by Zartman as, 'a situation where the structure, authority, law and political order have fallen apart' (Zartman 1995: 1). Collapse can be seen as an extreme manifestation of a failure of governance (Luckham 1995). State collapse in Africa has often been preceded by authoritarian and tyrannical regimes which deliberately suppress and manipulate sectors of civil society in an attempt to cling onto power.…”
Section: Processes Affecting Civil Society In the Period Leading Up Tmentioning
confidence: 99%