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041 0 _aEnglish
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100 1 _aMannitz, Sabine
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245 1 0 _aThe "Democratic Soldier" : Comparing Concepts and Practices in Europe
260 _aLondon
_bUbiquity Press
_c2013
300 _a1 electronic resource (64 p.)
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aSince 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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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aPolitics & government
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650 7 _aWarfare & defence
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653 _asecurity sector reform
653 _agood governance
653 _acivil‐military relations
653 _amilitary reform
653 _amilitary power
653 _aarmed forces
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