Military Withdrawal From Government Responsibility

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2342001
AutoresUlf Sundhaussen (The University of Queensland, autor de correspondencia)
Año1984
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas543-562
Fecha de publicación1984-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x8401000404
OpenAlexW2078929897
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

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