Military and society in 21st century Europe : a comparative analysis

By - / Jürgen Kuhlmann, Jean Callaghan (editors).

Floor - Floor 2

Published - New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, 2000.

ISBN 10 - 3825844498

ISBN 13 - 0765800624 (

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Civil-military relations--Europe.

Shelf No - 4

Call Number - 306.270 MIL

Physical Description - v, 340 p. ; 24cm.

Notes - Includes bibliographical references.

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After the Cold War came to an end, European countries in both East and West faced the common question of how their military organizations and those of their neighbors would respond to shifts in international relations affecting their economies, their perception of globalized threats, and cross-national security management. It is undisputed, for example, that in well-developed democratic societies, the challenge to the legitimacy of the military in society, the decreasing subjective apprehension of threat, and growing opposition to systems of universal conscription have been linked to gains in wealth and living standards. This volume seeks, by empirically measuring social indicators, to assess the current state of civil-military relations in a number of countries in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia) as well as the state of relations in several of their Western European counterparts (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands). The country studies describe and analyze the differing positions of the military in their specific national settings.

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