“The Soldier, the State, and the People—Costs and Benefits of Military Regimes”: Evaluating the Essay “Guns and Butter: Child Mortality and the Mediators of Militarization”

Abstract

The article “Guns and Butter: Child Mortality and the Mediators of Militarization” addresses the important subject of the social and political roles of militaries in nations above a minimum population size. Each national population is evaluated in terms of 10 characteristics including survival rates of children, level of armed conflict, economic development, political representation, and others. The authors draw a sharp distinction between social militarization and praetorian militarization. The essay is valuable in providing one dimension of the impacts of militaries on nations. However, qualitative information and analysis would greatly benefit this work. In this regard, the work of Samuel P. Huntington is instructive.

Relasi Sosial Hizbut Tahrir dan Militer di Indonesia

“…Mereka alat revolusi yang digerakkan oleh partai politik ideologis, setelah sebelumnya mereka menjalani indoktrinasi politik yang diselenggarakan oleh partai. Mereka menghantarkan partai kepada kekuasaan tertinggi dan mengamankan kekuasaan partai sampai proses revolusi tuntas dengan sempurna (Cyr 2019;Perlmutter Amos 2000:14-24).…”

Essay: Common Fates, Common Goals—A Response to Cyr

“…In his response to our article (Carlton-Ford, Durante, Evans, & Graham, 2019), Professor Cyr (2019): (1) argues that studies of militarization cannot rely solely on quantitative analyses; (2) suggests that we provided only correlations, with an insufficient discussion of the problems of establishing causality; and (3) maintains that the work of Samuel Huntington would be particularly instructive in conceptualizing praetorian militarization. We address each of these issues in turn.…”