The "Democratic Soldier"
Since the end of the Cold War almost all European countries have reformed their armed forces, focusing on downsizing, internationalization and professionalization. This paper examines how these changes in security sector governance have affected the normative model underlying the militaryâ s relati...
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| description | Since the end of the Cold War almost all European countries have reformed their armed forces, focusing on downsizing, internationalization and professionalization. This paper examines how these changes in security sector governance have affected the normative model underlying the militaryâ s relationship to democracy, using the image of the â democratic soldierâ . Drawing on a comparative analysis of 12 post-socialist, traditional and consolidated democracies in Europe, the different dimensions of the national conception of soldiering are analysed based on the official norms that define a countryâ s military and the ways in which individual members of the armed forces see their role. Cases converge around the new idea of professional soldiering as a merging of civilian skills with military virtues in the context of the militaryâ s new post-Cold War missions. Yet despite this convergence, research also shows that specific aspects of national traditions and context continue to influence the actual practice of soldiering in each case. The contradictions that result between these old and new visions of the role of the military and the soldier illustrate the tensions that exist between political goals and defence reform dynamics. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-265012025-07-30T08:59:12Z The "Democratic Soldier" Mannitz, Sabine security sector reform good governance civil‐military relations military reform military power armed forces thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Since the end of the Cold War almost all European countries have reformed their armed forces, focusing on downsizing, internationalization and professionalization. This paper examines how these changes in security sector governance have affected the normative model underlying the militaryâ s relationship to democracy, using the image of the â democratic soldierâ . Drawing on a comparative analysis of 12 post-socialist, traditional and consolidated democracies in Europe, the different dimensions of the national conception of soldiering are analysed based on the official norms that define a countryâ s military and the ways in which individual members of the armed forces see their role. Cases converge around the new idea of professional soldiering as a merging of civilian skills with military virtues in the context of the militaryâ s new post-Cold War missions. Yet despite this convergence, research also shows that specific aspects of national traditions and context continue to influence the actual practice of soldiering in each case. The contradictions that result between these old and new visions of the role of the military and the soldier illustrate the tensions that exist between political goals and defence reform dynamics. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-03-04 10:06:59 2020-04-01T10:51:03Z 2013 book 1004244 OCN: 1100489738 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25842 9781911529361 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26501 eng SSR Papers open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25842/1/the-democratic-soldier.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25842/1/the-democratic-soldier.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25842/1/the-democratic-soldier.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25842/1/the-democratic-soldier.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25842/1/the-democratic-soldier.pdf Ubiquity Press 10.5334/bbt 10.5334/bbt c23860c2-a2ee-4bf2-9f6d-4dc8a3814448 9781911529361 64 London open access |
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