A Russian Citizen in Uniform? Assessing the Applicability of the German Model of Civil-Military Relations to the Armed Forces of a Democratising Russian State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4525078 |
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| Authors | Christopher C Locksley (Coventry University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-187 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621020050078078 |
| OpenAlex | W2082578956 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
A key element in determining the prospects for success in transforming totalitarian political systems into democratic political systems is the extent to which the armed forces can be included in the democratisation process and brought under constitutional, civilian and political control. In the aftermath of the 1998 financial crisis in Moscow and the probable retreat of democracy in Russia, this utterly critical question assumes even more importance. This article is concerned with the problem of devising a new system of civil—military relations for a democratising post-Soviet Russian state, particularly the relevance of the German citizen in uniform model to the armed forces of the Russian Federation. After a brief history of the German system of civil—military relations, the author proceeds to analyse the German model in detail. The paper then assesses the current context of the Russian state, society and armed forces before evaluating the prospects for the successful application of the German system of civil—military relations to Russia. The author concludes that the German system is inapplicable because Russia does not presently possess the socio-political structures and norms to sustain such a system of civil—military relations. However, the article proposes an immediately viable third strategy for democratising Russian civil—military relations which does not rely either on the inappropriate German model or on meekly managing the intolerable status quo
Civil society · Civil–military relations · Democracy · Democratization · German · Political economy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Sociology · Status quo · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
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| Highly cited | No |
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