Eric R Rittinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3086629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric R Rittinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric R |
| FAMILY NAME | Rittinger |
| SIGNATURE | RITTINGER E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Salisbury University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Arming the Other: American Small Wars, Local Proxies, and the Social Construction of the Principal-Agent Problem
A state that enlists foreign fighters as extensions of its own military power confronts an acute principal-agent problem. While the state (principal) might benefit by delegating security responsibilities to foreigners (agents), it risks seeing its aims partially implemented, unfulfilled, or even subverted. For more than a century, the United States has attempted to mitigate this problem as it has raised, trained, and armed proxies to fight its sm…
Exporting professionalism: US efforts to reform the armed forces in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, 1916-1933
Why did the United States, a country notorious for supporting coups and military dictatorships in Latin America during the Cold War, seek to depoliticize security forces in the Caribbean basin during the early twentieth century? Drawing from primary sources, I argue that this emphasis on military non-partisanship abroad stemmed from Progressive Era reforms popular at home. These reforms, which stressed bureaucratic efficiency via nonpartisan expe…
Confronting Coup Risk in the Latin American Left
Arming the Other: American Small Wars, Local Proxies, and the Social Construction of the Principal-Agent Problem
A state that enlists foreign fighters as extensions of its own military power confronts an acute principal-agent problem. While the state (principal) might benefit by delegating security responsibilities to foreigners (agents), it risks seeing its aims partially implemented, unfulfilled, or even subverted. For more than a century, the United States has attempted to mitigate this problem as it has raised, trained, and armed proxies to fight its sm…
Confronting Coup Risk in the Latin American Left
Exporting professionalism: US efforts to reform the armed forces in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, 1916-1933
Why did the United States, a country notorious for supporting coups and military dictatorships in Latin America during the Cold War, seek to depoliticize security forces in the Caribbean basin during the early twentieth century? Drawing from primary sources, I argue that this emphasis on military non-partisanship abroad stemmed from Progressive Era reforms popular at home. These reforms, which stressed bureaucratic efficiency via nonpartisan expe…
Confronting Coup Risk in the Latin American Left
Exporting professionalism: US efforts to reform the armed forces in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, 1916-1933
Why did the United States, a country notorious for supporting coups and military dictatorships in Latin America during the Cold War, seek to depoliticize security forces in the Caribbean basin during the early twentieth century? Drawing from primary sources, I argue that this emphasis on military non-partisanship abroad stemmed from Progressive Era reforms popular at home. These reforms, which stressed bureaucratic efficiency via nonpartisan expe…
Arming the Other: American Small Wars, Local Proxies, and the Social Construction of the Principal-Agent Problem
A state that enlists foreign fighters as extensions of its own military power confronts an acute principal-agent problem. While the state (principal) might benefit by delegating security responsibilities to foreigners (agents), it risks seeing its aims partially implemented, unfulfilled, or even subverted. For more than a century, the United States has attempted to mitigate this problem as it has raised, trained, and armed proxies to fight its sm…
Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Latin Americans (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Politics (2 works)