Military Withdrawal From Government Responsibility

Bibliographic Data

ID2342001
AuthorsUlf Sundhaussen (The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume10
Issue4
Pages543-562
Publication date1984-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x8401000404
OpenAlexW2078929897
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Typically, military coups occur in crisis situations. No matter whether the resulting military regimes can solve the problems which provided them the opportunity to intervene, or fail to do so, they will-almost inevitably-suffer legitimacy crises over periods of time. This dilemma forces them either to broaden the basis of their regime by sharing power with nonmilitary circles, or to retreat to the barracks with or without reserve powers to control the civilian successor regimes. Which option to select is a question determined by a mixture of exogenous and endogenous reasons and preconditions for withdrawal, as well as a variety of superstructural factors. While reintervention is not only possible but-depending on circumstances-even likely in all options, military regimes basically are seen incapable of finding lasting solutions; their usefulness will, therefore, be increasingly questioned

Dilemma · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Power sharing · Successor cardinal · Variety (cybernetics) · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military History and Strategy