Military politics and democracy in the Andes / Maiah Jaskoski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaskoski, Maiah, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Peru.

National security.

National security--Ecuador.

Internal security--Peru.

Internal security.

Internal security--Ecuador.

Peru--Military policy.

Peru.

Ecuador--Military policy.

Ecuador.

Peru--Politics and government--21st century.

Ecuador--Politics and government--21st century.

Peru. Ejército--Evaluation.

Ecuador. Ejército--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jaskoski looks briefly at this theory's implications for military responsiveness to government orders in democratic Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela, and in newly formed democracies more broadly.

Contents:

Military mission performance in Latin America

The problem

Challenges to security and democratic civil-military relations in the andes

Explaining military mission performance in democratic Latin America

Case selection: a focus on the army in Peru and Ecuador

The data

Overview of the analysis

The context: civil-military relations in democratic Peru and Ecuador

High constraints on Peru's military

Low constraints on Ecuador's military

Post-transition army mission performance in Peru and Ecuador, 1980s-90s

Putting sovereignty before policing

Deviations: contradictions in missions and sovereignty neglect

Alternative explanations

Mission constraint and neglect of counterinsurgency: Peru since 2000

Staying in the barracks

Restrictions on army autonomy

Mission overload and neglect of border defense: Ecuador since 2000

Neglecting a porous border while policing the interior

Overwhelming security responsibilities

Battalions for hire: private army contracts in Peru and Ecuador

Pressures from the top

Local client influence

Limits to client influence

Comparative perspectives on military mission performance

Colombia: tolerance of policing amid ongoing insurgency

Venezuela: mission loss, organizational trauma, and narrow mission beliefs

Bolivia: broad mission beliefs despite trauma

Extreme executive control: recent trends in Venezuela and Bolivia

Reflections on assigning militaries police work

Appendix A. Research methodology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-0908-9

OCLC:

850179651