Constantine P Danopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 258603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Constantine P Danopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Constantine P |
| FAMILY NAME | Danopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | DANOPOULOS C P |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Jose State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Civil Liberties and Rights, Equality and the Quality of Democracy in Greece
This article assesses the content quality of democracy in Greece. Theoretically, the quality of democracy is assessed in three different but interrelated dimensions: procedure, result, and content. Procedure is about the character and workings of the environment in which governance takes place; result refers to the overall quality of government performance and citizen satisfaction; and content involves the quality of the substance of governance, …
Children and Armed Conflict: The Yugoslav Experience
Using the Yugoslav experience, this paper seeks to analyse and understand the plight of children in war and its aftermath. It also seeks to evaluate and assess the role and effectiveness of NGOs and other aid-providing entities. Data used include personal observations, relevant documents, as well as first-hand accounts. The main conclusion reached in this study is that due to vulnerabilities associated with age, children in armed conflict suffer …
The Military and Its Role in Albania’s Democratization
Communist and hermetically sealed Albania entered a process of democratization in the early 1990s. One of the most salient characteristics of democratic governance is to bring and keep the military under the control of the elected authorities. Following a theoretical discussion on the differences between civilian and democratic control, the article dwells on the specifics of the Albanian case. The work identifies, analyzes, and assesses the strat…
The Military as a Distinct Ethnic or Quasi-Ethnic Identity in Developing Countries
Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, each of which exemplifies, respectively, the main elements of the three schools of thought regarding ethnicity-primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist-this study argues that the fundamental behavior patterns associa…
Religion, civil society, and democracy in Orthodox Greece
Spurred by the wave of military withdrawal from politics in the developing world and the collapse of communist regimes in the former socialist bloc, democracy and democratization received considera
The Cha ́vez phenomenon: Political change in Venezuela
This article focuses on the advent and governing style of, and issues facing colonel-turned politician Hugo Cha ́vez since he became president of Venezuela in 1998 with 58% of the vote. The article begins with a brief account of the nature of the country's political environment that emerged in 1958, following the demise of the Perez Jimenez dictatorship. Aided by phenomenal increases in oil prices, Venezuela's political elites reached a pact that…
Poverty in the Balkans and the issue of reconstruction: Bulgaria and Yugoslavia compared
The Military and Politics in a Theocratic State: Iran as Case Study
This article analyzes the internal as well as the external factors that have contributed to civilian control of the Iranian military in the last decade. The internal factors include the indoctrination of the military with Islamic ideology and internal division among various segments of the armed forces. The external factors, however, encompass the emergence of premilitary groups the Iran-Iraq war and the Russian influence within the Iranian milit…
Coup d'Etat Attempt in Trinidad: Its Causes and Failure
This article analyzes the factors and processes involved in the failed coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago by the Jamaat Muslimeen in July 1990. After a brief overview of historical and economic development, the analysis finds a close relationship between export dependency and political stability. The article also documents that intraMuslim jealousies and religious fundamentalism contributed to the Muslimeen's decision to attempt a coup against t…
Civilian Rule in the Developing World: Democracy on the March
Civilian supremacy in changing societies - problems and perspectives, Constantine P. Danopoulos. Part 1 Traditional monarchies: theories of intervention and the preservation of civilian rule in Saudi Arabia, Hamad Qahtani Morocco and Jordan, John Damis. Part 2 One party dominant: the Guyanese military - from party control to party dependence, Rita Giacalone personal rule and the search for political pluralism in Cameroon, Frederic Belle Torimiro …
Democratising the military: Lessons from Mediterranean Europe
This article analyses the factors and processes involved in democratizing the armed forces of Spain, Greece and Portugal in the 1970s and 1980s. After a brief comparative review of the history of civil‐military relations in the three countries, the article examines the role of societal, institutional (military professional) and international factors in the democratisation process. The article concludes that military professionalism can be a stimu…
Democratic Currents in Authoritarian Seas: The Military in Greece and the Philippines
This research explores the impact of electoral exercises in countries with weak democratic traditions. Examination centers on the 1973 plebiscite conducted by the colonels in Greece and the 1986 "snap" presidential election held by President Marcos. Performance failures in the economic, social, and political arenas generated sufficient pressures on both regimes to use the polls in a desperate effort to reinvigorate sagging popularity. But rather …
Democratic undercurrents in praetorian regimes: The Greek military and the 1973 plebiscite
Alliance Participation And Foreign Policy Influence: The Military's Role
This article assesses the impact of defense alliances on the foreign policy attitudes of the military of member states. The study employs as examples two NATO members (Greece and Portugal), two Warsaw Pact participants (Poland and Czechoslovakia), and two neutral states (Egypt and India). After examining these states' foreign policies-and the role of the military in shaping them-it was concluded that professional needs, such as training, sophisti…
From Military to Civilian Rule in Contemporary Greece
Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974
Journal Article Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974 Get access Constantine P. Danopoulos Constantine P. Danopoulos CONSTANTINE P. DANOPOULOS teaches political science at San Jose State University. He is author of a number of articles on the Greek military. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 98, Issue 3, Fall 1983, Pages 485–506, https://doi.o…
Military professionals as political governors: A case study of contemporary Greece
In this article we attempt to measure the performance of the Greek military with regard to social change. Using Eckstein and Gurr's model of regime performance—consisting of four variables we hypothesised that military professionalism did not provide the military governors with the necessary political skills to become effective agents of social change. Our analysis, based on interview data supplemented with socio‐economic indicators of the years …
The Cha ́vez phenomenon: Political change in Venezuela
This article focuses on the advent and governing style of, and issues facing colonel-turned politician Hugo Cha ́vez since he became president of Venezuela in 1998 with 58% of the vote. The article begins with a brief account of the nature of the country's political environment that emerged in 1958, following the demise of the Perez Jimenez dictatorship. Aided by phenomenal increases in oil prices, Venezuela's political elites reached a pact that…
The Military as a Distinct Ethnic or Quasi-Ethnic Identity in Developing Countries
Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, each of which exemplifies, respectively, the main elements of the three schools of thought regarding ethnicity-primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist-this study argues that the fundamental behavior patterns associa…
Democratising the military: Lessons from Mediterranean Europe
This article analyses the factors and processes involved in democratizing the armed forces of Spain, Greece and Portugal in the 1970s and 1980s. After a brief comparative review of the history of civil‐military relations in the three countries, the article examines the role of societal, institutional (military professional) and international factors in the democratisation process. The article concludes that military professionalism can be a stimu…
Religion, civil society, and democracy in Orthodox Greece
Spurred by the wave of military withdrawal from politics in the developing world and the collapse of communist regimes in the former socialist bloc, democracy and democratization received considera
Civilian Rule in the Developing World: Democracy on the March
Civilian supremacy in changing societies - problems and perspectives, Constantine P. Danopoulos. Part 1 Traditional monarchies: theories of intervention and the preservation of civilian rule in Saudi Arabia, Hamad Qahtani Morocco and Jordan, John Damis. Part 2 One party dominant: the Guyanese military - from party control to party dependence, Rita Giacalone personal rule and the search for political pluralism in Cameroon, Frederic Belle Torimiro …
From Military to Civilian Rule in Contemporary Greece
Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974
Journal Article Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974 Get access Constantine P. Danopoulos Constantine P. Danopoulos CONSTANTINE P. DANOPOULOS teaches political science at San Jose State University. He is author of a number of articles on the Greek military. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 98, Issue 3, Fall 1983, Pages 485–506, https://doi.o…
Coup d'Etat Attempt in Trinidad: Its Causes and Failure
This article analyzes the factors and processes involved in the failed coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago by the Jamaat Muslimeen in July 1990. After a brief overview of historical and economic development, the analysis finds a close relationship between export dependency and political stability. The article also documents that intraMuslim jealousies and religious fundamentalism contributed to the Muslimeen's decision to attempt a coup against t…
Alliance Participation And Foreign Policy Influence: The Military's Role
This article assesses the impact of defense alliances on the foreign policy attitudes of the military of member states. The study employs as examples two NATO members (Greece and Portugal), two Warsaw Pact participants (Poland and Czechoslovakia), and two neutral states (Egypt and India). After examining these states' foreign policies-and the role of the military in shaping them-it was concluded that professional needs, such as training, sophisti…
Military professionals as political governors: A case study of contemporary Greece
In this article we attempt to measure the performance of the Greek military with regard to social change. Using Eckstein and Gurr's model of regime performance—consisting of four variables we hypothesised that military professionalism did not provide the military governors with the necessary political skills to become effective agents of social change. Our analysis, based on interview data supplemented with socio‐economic indicators of the years …
Military professionals as political governors: A case study of contemporary Greece
In this article we attempt to measure the performance of the Greek military with regard to social change. Using Eckstein and Gurr's model of regime performance—consisting of four variables we hypothesised that military professionalism did not provide the military governors with the necessary political skills to become effective agents of social change. Our analysis, based on interview data supplemented with socio‐economic indicators of the years …
Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974
Journal Article Military Professionalism and Regime Legitimacy in Greece, 1967-1974 Get access Constantine P. Danopoulos Constantine P. Danopoulos CONSTANTINE P. DANOPOULOS teaches political science at San Jose State University. He is author of a number of articles on the Greek military. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 98, Issue 3, Fall 1983, Pages 485–506, https://doi.o…
From Military to Civilian Rule in Contemporary Greece
Alliance Participation And Foreign Policy Influence: The Military's Role
This article assesses the impact of defense alliances on the foreign policy attitudes of the military of member states. The study employs as examples two NATO members (Greece and Portugal), two Warsaw Pact participants (Poland and Czechoslovakia), and two neutral states (Egypt and India). After examining these states' foreign policies-and the role of the military in shaping them-it was concluded that professional needs, such as training, sophisti…
Democratic undercurrents in praetorian regimes: The Greek military and the 1973 plebiscite
Democratic Currents in Authoritarian Seas: The Military in Greece and the Philippines
This research explores the impact of electoral exercises in countries with weak democratic traditions. Examination centers on the 1973 plebiscite conducted by the colonels in Greece and the 1986 "snap" presidential election held by President Marcos. Performance failures in the economic, social, and political arenas generated sufficient pressures on both regimes to use the polls in a desperate effort to reinvigorate sagging popularity. But rather …
Democratising the military: Lessons from Mediterranean Europe
This article analyses the factors and processes involved in democratizing the armed forces of Spain, Greece and Portugal in the 1970s and 1980s. After a brief comparative review of the history of civil‐military relations in the three countries, the article examines the role of societal, institutional (military professional) and international factors in the democratisation process. The article concludes that military professionalism can be a stimu…
Coup d'Etat Attempt in Trinidad: Its Causes and Failure
This article analyzes the factors and processes involved in the failed coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago by the Jamaat Muslimeen in July 1990. After a brief overview of historical and economic development, the analysis finds a close relationship between export dependency and political stability. The article also documents that intraMuslim jealousies and religious fundamentalism contributed to the Muslimeen's decision to attempt a coup against t…
Civilian Rule in the Developing World: Democracy on the March
Civilian supremacy in changing societies - problems and perspectives, Constantine P. Danopoulos. Part 1 Traditional monarchies: theories of intervention and the preservation of civilian rule in Saudi Arabia, Hamad Qahtani Morocco and Jordan, John Damis. Part 2 One party dominant: the Guyanese military - from party control to party dependence, Rita Giacalone personal rule and the search for political pluralism in Cameroon, Frederic Belle Torimiro …
The Military and Politics in a Theocratic State: Iran as Case Study
This article analyzes the internal as well as the external factors that have contributed to civilian control of the Iranian military in the last decade. The internal factors include the indoctrination of the military with Islamic ideology and internal division among various segments of the armed forces. The external factors, however, encompass the emergence of premilitary groups the Iran-Iraq war and the Russian influence within the Iranian milit…
Poverty in the Balkans and the issue of reconstruction: Bulgaria and Yugoslavia compared
The Cha ́vez phenomenon: Political change in Venezuela
This article focuses on the advent and governing style of, and issues facing colonel-turned politician Hugo Cha ́vez since he became president of Venezuela in 1998 with 58% of the vote. The article begins with a brief account of the nature of the country's political environment that emerged in 1958, following the demise of the Perez Jimenez dictatorship. Aided by phenomenal increases in oil prices, Venezuela's political elites reached a pact that…
Religion, civil society, and democracy in Orthodox Greece
Spurred by the wave of military withdrawal from politics in the developing world and the collapse of communist regimes in the former socialist bloc, democracy and democratization received considera
The Military as a Distinct Ethnic or Quasi-Ethnic Identity in Developing Countries
Culture, identity, and ethnicity are central to understanding political behavior and the complex questions of military behavior in developing countries. Drawing on distinctive military periods in Fiji, Pakistan, and Uganda, each of which exemplifies, respectively, the main elements of the three schools of thought regarding ethnicity-primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist-this study argues that the fundamental behavior patterns associa…
The Military and Its Role in Albania’s Democratization
Communist and hermetically sealed Albania entered a process of democratization in the early 1990s. One of the most salient characteristics of democratic governance is to bring and keep the military under the control of the elected authorities. Following a theoretical discussion on the differences between civilian and democratic control, the article dwells on the specifics of the Albanian case. The work identifies, analyzes, and assesses the strat…
Children and Armed Conflict: The Yugoslav Experience
Using the Yugoslav experience, this paper seeks to analyse and understand the plight of children in war and its aftermath. It also seeks to evaluate and assess the role and effectiveness of NGOs and other aid-providing entities. Data used include personal observations, relevant documents, as well as first-hand accounts. The main conclusion reached in this study is that due to vulnerabilities associated with age, children in armed conflict suffer …
Civil Liberties and Rights, Equality and the Quality of Democracy in Greece
This article assesses the content quality of democracy in Greece. Theoretically, the quality of democracy is assessed in three different but interrelated dimensions: procedure, result, and content. Procedure is about the character and workings of the environment in which governance takes place; result refers to the overall quality of government performance and citizen satisfaction; and content involves the quality of the substance of governance, …
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