Soviet Civil-Military Relations and the August Coup
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6410995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John W R Lepingwell (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 539-572 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010487 |
| OpenAlex | W2322416810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper tests the objective (professionalization) and subjective (party penetration) models of Soviet civil-military relations. The objective model is found to provide the best fit and is used to investigate further the factors leading to military participation in, and withdrawal from, the coup of August 1991. The objective model points to the importance of threats to professional autonomy and national unity, the politicization of the military, and declining regime legitimacy as the primary causal factors in the participation of the military in the coup. It also stresses the importance of military professionalism as a barrier to intervention and as a cause of military paralysis during the coup. Furthermore, the model points to the importance of democratic legitimacy in future civilian control and to the need for increased military professionalism to forestall threats to the post-Soviet regime
Autonomy · Civil–military relations · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Legitimacy · Military relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Sanctions · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |