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Mobilizing Force : Linking Security Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control / ed. by David Kuehn, Yagil Levy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626379398
  • 9781626379435
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • JF195 .M63 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Militarization: The Missing Link Between Threats and Civilian Control -- PART 1 External Threats -- 2 Israel: Remilitarized Threats and Military Contrarianism -- 3 Japan: “Normalizing” the Japan Self-Defense Forces? -- 4 South Korea: Media-Driven Amplification of Threats -- 5 United States: The “Angry American” and Transnational Terrorism -- PART 2 Domestic Threats -- 6 Colombia: Confronting Insurgency, Drug Cartels, and Narcoterrorists -- 7 El Salvador: Old Habits Die Hard -- 8 France: Swinging Securitization Paths? -- 9 Senegal: Managing Civil War Without Militarization -- 10 South Africa: From Militarization to Demilitarization to Remilitarization -- 11 Spain: A War Without an Army -- PART 3 Conclusion -- 12 Theorizing Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: What leads a democratic government to use military force to counter a domestic or external threat? How does it legitimize this mobilization to its citizenry? And what is the significance for civilian control of the military? The authors of Mobilizing Force draw on case studies from around the world to systematically examine these critical questions, exploring the interrelationships among security threats, the militarization of security policy, and democratic accountability.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Militarization: The Missing Link Between Threats and Civilian Control -- PART 1 External Threats -- 2 Israel: Remilitarized Threats and Military Contrarianism -- 3 Japan: “Normalizing” the Japan Self-Defense Forces? -- 4 South Korea: Media-Driven Amplification of Threats -- 5 United States: The “Angry American” and Transnational Terrorism -- PART 2 Domestic Threats -- 6 Colombia: Confronting Insurgency, Drug Cartels, and Narcoterrorists -- 7 El Salvador: Old Habits Die Hard -- 8 France: Swinging Securitization Paths? -- 9 Senegal: Managing Civil War Without Militarization -- 10 South Africa: From Militarization to Demilitarization to Remilitarization -- 11 Spain: A War Without an Army -- PART 3 Conclusion -- 12 Theorizing Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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What leads a democratic government to use military force to counter a domestic or external threat? How does it legitimize this mobilization to its citizenry? And what is the significance for civilian control of the military? The authors of Mobilizing Force draw on case studies from around the world to systematically examine these critical questions, exploring the interrelationships among security threats, the militarization of security policy, and democratic accountability.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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