Armed forces in deeply divided societies: power sharing and militaries in Lebanon, Bosnia, Iraq and Burundi

"Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif critically analyzes civil-military relations and the way armies are constructed in divided societies. To achieve that, the book looks at four case studies with deep divisions and whose armed forces have been reconstructed after civil wars. Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovin...

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Main Author: Aboultaif, Eduardo Wassim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2024]
Series:International comparative social studies volume 57
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Summary:"Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif critically analyzes civil-military relations and the way armies are constructed in divided societies. To achieve that, the book looks at four case studies with deep divisions and whose armed forces have been reconstructed after civil wars. Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina represent two examples of consociational power-sharing arrangements with functioning armed forces that enjoy wide popular support and neutral in internal affairs. Iraq and Burundi, however, have semi-consociational provisions that have politicized the army and made it a partisan military that has either led to disintegration (as in the case of Iraq) or politicization and loss of legitimacy (as in Burundi)"--
Physical Description:IX, 216 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9789004686687

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