1st Edition

Integration vs. Autonomy Civil-military Relations on the Kola Peninsula

    213 Pages
    by Routledge

    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1999. On the basis of leading theoretical work on civil-military relations, the authors elaborate their own model, emphasising the continuum between military autonomy (which has traditionally characterised the military sector in Russia) and integration with civil society (which one might expect would be the result of the political changes having taken place in Russia over the past decade). Three Indicators of this relation are selected; the participation of military personnel in civilian life, and it particular politics; the status of closed cities; conversation of military industry to civilian production.

    These indicators are investigated at the federal level and at the regional level pertaining to Murmansk oblast’ (the Kola Peninsula), which is one the most heavily militarised areas of the world. The study is based on intensive ‘on-the-spot’ data gathering in Murmansk, including interviews with officers, redundant officers and inhabitants of such closed cities.

    Part 1: Introduction  1. Introduction  2. Integration vs. Autonomy – A Background to Civil-Military Relations in Russia  Part 2: Civil-Military Relations in the Russian Federation  3. The Emergence of a New Russian Federation  4. The Armed Forces and the Process of Reform  5. The Military, Politics and Society in the Russian Federation  6. The Military-Industrial Complex: Attempts at Conversation  7. The Closed Cities of the Russian Federation  Part 3: Civil-Military Relations on the Kola Peninsula  8. The Kola Peninsula – An Introduction  9. The Northern Fleet  10. The Naval Shipyards: Surviving Without Cash  11. The Closed Towns on the Kola Peninsula  12. The Military, Politics and Society on the Kola Peninsula  13. Conclusions.

    Biography

    Geir Hønneland, Anne-Kristin Jørgensen