1st Edition
No Farewell To Arms? Military Disengagement From Politics In Africa And Latin America
By Claude Welch
Copyright 1987
238 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines military disengagement from politics in the selected states of Africa and Latin America. It focuses on the political consequences of coups d'etat and illustrates what may be inherent limits in armed forces' ability to transform their societies.
1. How Armed Forces Become Politically Engaged: Civil-Military Relations 2. Involvement and Disengagement 3. The Regional Contexts 4. Bolivia: The Consequences of Partial Revolution 5. Ghana: The Roots of Endemic Praetorianism 6. Nigeria: The Politics of Military Correction 7. Peru: The Limits of the "New Professionalism" 8. Colombia: Political Parties and Disengagement 9. Cote-D'ivoire: Personal Rule and Civilian Control 10. Disengagement and Paths of Change
Biography
Claude E. Welch, Jr., professor of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is the author of many books, including Anatomy of Rebellion, and co-author of Human Rights and Development in Africa.
