Explaining Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies
Structure, Agency and Theory Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Kuehn (0000-0003-2593-0194, Heidelberg University), Philip Lorenz (0000-0001-5479-4430, Heidelberg University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-249 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2011.628145 |
| OpenAlex | W2055043228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 64 |
This article discusses the structure-agency problem in explaining civilian control of the military in new democracies. The authors first provide a systematic analysis of the core contents of the structure-agency problem and its implications for theory-building in civil-military research: the agential entities whose interactions are constitutive of civil-military relations, the relevant environmental factors, and the theoretical argument which links agents' behaviour with the environment. Based on these meta-theoretical deliberations, the authors analyze four recent attempts to explicitly connect structure and agency in explaining civil-military relations in new democracies. The analysis shows that while being important contributions to theory development in the field, none of these theories have consistently dealt with the agency-structure problem in explaining civil-military relations in new democracies
Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Civil–military relations · Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Law and economics · Military relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |