Military politics and democracy in the Andes / Maiah Jaskoski
| Material Type | Electronic Book |
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| Publisher | Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year | 2013 |
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| Bibliography ID | OB00656377 |
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| Text Language | English |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-279) and index 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. License restrictions may limit access |
| Authors | *Jaskoski, Maiah 1977- |
| Subjects | LCSH:Peru Ejército -- Evaluation
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LCSH:Ecuador Ejército -- Evaluation All Subject Search LCSH:National security -- Peru All Subject Search LCSH:National security -- Ecuador All Subject Search LCSH:Internal security -- Peru All Subject Search LCSH:Internal security -- Ecuador All Subject Search LCSH:Peru -- Military policy All Subject Search LCSH:Ecuador -- Military policy All Subject Search LCSH:Peru -- Politics and government -- 21st century All Subject Search LCSH:Ecuador -- Politics and government -- 21st century All Subject Search |
| Classification | LCC:UA637 DC23:322/.50985 |
| Vol | hbk. : alk. paper ; ISBN:9781421409078 Export RefWorks（Selected volume only） hbk. : alk. paper ; ISBN:1421409070 Export RefWorks（Selected volume only） electronic ; ISBN:9781421409085 Export RefWorks（Selected volume only） electronic ; ISBN:1421409089 Export RefWorks（Selected volume only） |
| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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