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Crafting Civilian Control in Emerging Democracies: Argentina and Venezuela

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Harold A. Trinkunas
Harold A. Trinkunas*
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Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract

Democratic transitions create an opportunity for elected officials to maximize their leverage over the armed forces and create institutions that permanently shift power away from the military. This article develops a theoretical argument about how civilian control- is established. Venezuela institutionalized weak civilian control in the wake of its 1958 democratic transition, allowing the regime to survive the 1992 coup attempts. Argentina moved close to strong civilian control by 1995, although such control is exercised through questionable institutional channels.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , Autumn 2000 , pp. 77 - 109
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Copyright © University of Miami 2000

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