Mobilizing force : linking security threats, militarization, and civilian control / edited by David Kuehn and Yagil Levy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuehn, David, 1977- editor.

Levy, Yagil, 1958- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil-military relations--Cross-cultural studies.

Civil-military relations.

National security--Cross-cultural studies.

National security.

Militarization--Cross-cultural studies.

Militarization.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Title page

copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Ch1- Militarization: The Missing Link BetweenThreats and Civilian Control

Civilian Control, Security Threats, and the Need to Account for Militarization

Structure of the Book

Table 1.1 Case Selection Criteria and Cases

PART 1- External Threats

Ch2- Israel: Remilitarized Threats and Military Contrarianism

Background: Militarization, Demilitarization, Threats, and Civilian Control Prior to 2000

Remilitarization and Threats Since the 2000s

Remilitarized Threats in the Post-Intifada Era

Military Contrarianism

Conclusion

Notes

Ch3- Japan: "Normalizing" the Japan Self-Defense Forces?

Japan's Security Threats

Militarization: Changes in Security-Related Measures

The Discursive Spread of Militarization and Resistances

Militarization and Accountability

Ch4- South Korea: Media-Driven Amplification of Threats

Figure 4.1 An Analytic Model for the Democratic Control of the Military

Militarization, Election, and the Media

Table 4.1 An Analytic Framework

North Korean Threats in the Disputed Waters

Figure 4.2 The Northern Limit Line in the West Sea

Figure 4.3 North Korea's Military Provocations and Percent of NLL Provocations to Total Provocations

Détente Dilemma and Antimilitarization Policy of the Liberal Government

Figure 4.4 Export Specialization Index and NLL Violations by North Korea

Media Response to Antimilitarization Policy and Civil-Military Conflict

Figure 4.5 Comparison of the Level of Militarism of Active-Duty Soldiers and Civilians with Military Experience

Figure 4.6 Percent of NLL Violations Reported by the Media and Total Number of NLL Violations per Year(reported by the Ministry of National Defense)

Figure 4.7 Percent of Warning Fire on NLL Violations and Percent of Media Coverage on NLL Violations

Statistical Test: Impact of Media Coverage on Democratic Control of the Military

Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics for the Measures Used in the Analysis

Table 4.3 Multivariate Logistic Regression Estimates

Appendix 4.1 Number of NLL Violations by Year

Note

Ch5- United States: The "Angry American" and Transnational Terrorism

How Militarization Shapes Threat Perception

Terrorism and Militarization Before 9/11

Terrorism and Militarization After 9/11

Terrorism, Discourse, and the Erosion of Civilian Control

PART 2- Domestic Threats

Ch6- Colombia: Confronting Insurgency, Drug Cartels, and Narcoterrorists

Hybrid Threats to Colombian Order

Militarizing the State Reaction

Legitimizing Militarization in Colombia

Democratic Control of the Military

Ch7- El Salvador: Old Habits Die Hard

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Mobilizing force

ISBN:

9781626379435

1626379432

Publisher Number:

40030488947

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.