Military Size and the Effectiveness of Democracy Assistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Dillon Savage (0000-0003-1025-5085, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 839-868 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002715595864 |
| OpenAlex | W2343814528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 97 |
Countries interested in the promotion of political development often provide aid in the form of democracy assistance. However, some regimes resist these attempts to promote democracy, introducing repressive measures to counteract their effectiveness. Hence, democracy assistance sometimes has the unintended consequence of curtailing democracy. This article explains how the size of the targeted regime’s military determines the effectiveness of democracy assistance and why it can sometimes result in lower levels of political freedom. Large militaries, often holding a privileged position in authoritarian regimes, will be threatened by political liberalization and its associated redistribution of resources. They will thus work with the regime to limit the effect of democracy assistance, while their size makes this repression more feasible. In states with smaller militaries, regimes have less incentive and capacity for repression, and democracy assistance is more successful at empowering democratic opposition. Cross-national statistical analysis of the United States Agency for International Development democracy assistance supports the argument
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Incentive · Market economy · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
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Violence and Social Orders
The Politics of Authoritarian Rule
The Soldier and the State
Armed Servants
Second-Best Institutions
The curse of aid
The new comparative economics
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Why Nations Fail
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Georgia's Rose Revolution
The MID 3 data set, 1993–2001
Political-Military Relations and the Stability of Arab Regimes
American Democracy Promotion
The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma
The Cingranelli and Richards (Ciri) Human Rights Data Project
Democracy and Redistribution
Attention Deficits
The MID3 Data Set, 1993—2001
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The military transition
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Endogenous Democratization
Military Spending and Poverty
Understanding Interaction Models
Autocratic Breakdown and Regime Transitions
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Reading Russia
Revolution Reconsidered
Georgia's Rose Revolution
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Contracting on Violence
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The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East
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Modernization
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Military Spending and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |