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Title The politics of military reform : experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria / Jürgen Rüland, Maria-Gabriela Manea, Hans Born, editors
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Series Global power shift
Global power shift.
Contents Part 1. Introduction -- The Politics of Military Reform in Indonesia and Nigeria / Jürgen Rüland and Maria-Gabriela Manea -- Part 2. Military Reform in Indonesia and Nigeria -- Taking Stock of Military Reform in Indonesia / Leonard C. Sebastian and Iisgindarsah -- Taking Stock of Military Reform in Nigeria / Maria-Gabriela Manea and Jürgen Rüland -- Reinventing the Military as a Political Actor: Alternative Discourses of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria / Jonah Isawa Elaigwu -- Military Businesses in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Decline, Reform and Persistence / Marcus Mietzner and Lisa Misol -- Part 3. Legislatures and Non-State Actors in Military Reform -- The Legislature and Military Reform in Indonesia / Jürgen Rüland and Maria-Gabriela Manea -- The Role of Civil Society in Indonesia's Military Reform / Rizal Sukma -- Parliament, Civil Society and Military Reform in Nigeria / E. Remi Aiyede -- Part 4. Rogue Forces and Military Reform -- Security Challenges and Military Reform in Post-authoritarian Indonesia: The Impact of Separatism, Terrorism, and Communal Violence / Jun Honna -- The Niger Delta Conflict and Military Reform in Nigeria / Christian A. Lutz -- Part 5. Conclusion -- Reviving Security Sector Reform in Transition States: Lessons Learned from Indonesia and Nigeria / Hans Born
Summary This volume seeks to explain why democratization and military reforms stagnate in newly democratizing countries. The contributions blend historical, ideational, cultural and structural explanatory factors to analyze the trajectories of military reform in Indonesia and Nigeria, two major regional powers that share many structural commonalities. In the tradition of the literature on security sector reform (SSR), the book not only scrutinizes executive initiatives toward military reform, but also provides ample coverage of societal actors. Findings show that while military reform is stagnating in both countries, societal forces ought to be taken into account more as major driving forces in explaining military reform. Several chapters study how legislatures, non-governmental organizations and the civilian defence epistemic community contribute to the transformation of military institutions. The last part of the book tackles another aspect rarely studied in the literature on military reform, namely, the role of militias in military reform
Analysis Social sciences
Constitutional law
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Armed Forces -- Reorganization
SUBJECT Indonesia -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization
Nigeria -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization
Subject Indonesia
Nigeria
Form Electronic book
Author Rüland, Jürgen, 1953-
Manea, Maria-Gabriela
Born, H. (Hans), 1964-
ISBN 9783642296246
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