The military and politics

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The military and politics

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2. The Military 1) Monopoly of weaponry and coercive power 2) highly organized and disciplined 3) distinctive
3. The role played by the military An instrument of war Offense vs defense balance Militarist regimes:
4. The Military A guarantee of political stability and order The military can serve as An emergency
7. The Military An interest group The military (like bureaucracy) can act as interests groups that seek
8. The Military An alternative to civilian rule Military Junta – a group of military officers who
9. The Military Military Junta is a form of collective military government centered on a command council
11. Control the military 1) The military is subordinate to civilian leaders. In the USA or KZ–
12. When does the military seize the power? A military coup-d’etat – is a sudden and forcible
13. Military Coups The military coups usually happen under the following conditions Economic backwardness Loss of legitimacy
14. History of Military coup d'états in Turkey 1960 - Young military officers take charge against Democratic
15. The Police and Politics The purpose of the police is to maintain domestic order Three contrasting
16. The Police and Politics The liberal perspective – the police’s role is to preserve the authority
17. The Police and Politics The liberal perspectives treats the police as a neutral body, the purpose
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The Military
1) Monopoly of weaponry and coercive power
2) highly organized

and disciplined
3) distinctive culture and set of values
4) armed forces are “above” politics

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The role played by the military
An instrument of war
Offense vs defense

balance
Militarist regimes: Nazi
Militarism – refers to the achievement of ends by the use of military force. 2) It is a cultural and ideological phenomenon in which military priorities, ideals and values come to pervade larger society (glorification of armed forces, the recognition of war as a legitimate instrument of policy, a heightened sense of national patriotism, etc.)

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The Military
A guarantee of political stability and order
The military can

serve as
An emergency services in the event of natural and other disasters
Used to police domestic civil riots or disputes
1989 in Novy Uzen (Zhana Ozen)
“Vityaz” - a special military unit (1000-2000) was sent from Moscow to suppress the conflict; military tanks, helicopters, and other military technique were used
Thus the dilemma: the use of the military as a public instrument to serve national interests or as a political weapon to further that goals of the government

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The Military
An interest group
The military (like bureaucracy) can act as

interests groups that seek to shape or influence the content of policy itself.
The Cold War was sustained by the vested interests of the US and Soviet military

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The Military
An alternative to civilian rule
Military Junta – a

group of military officers who hold political power
The feature of the military rule is that members of the armed forces displace civilian politicians filling the leading posts in government on the basis of the person’s position within the military chain of command.

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The Military
Military Junta is a form of collective military government

centered on a command council of officers whose members usually represent the three services (the army, navy, and air force)
Sometimes the military rule can have one dictator – General Pinochet in Chile, Colonel Papandopoulos in Greece (1974-1980)

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Control the military
1) The military is subordinate to civilian leaders.

In the USA or KZ– the president is a commander in chief of the military forces;
The liberal model of civil-military relations vs the penetration model where the military is controlled by the subjective methods that bind it to the civilian leadership, the process of politicization
Policy making is the responsibility of civil politicians
Strict political neutrality within the armed forces

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When does the military seize the power?
A military coup-d’etat – is

a sudden and forcible seizure of power through illegal and unconstitutional action
They are carried by relatively small groups
They replace the government or ruling group without changing the regime or brining about broader social change (as in case with revolutions)
Ex: Latin America, Spain, Africa, parts of Asia

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Military Coups
The military coups usually happen under the following conditions
Economic backwardness
Loss

of legitimacy by civil rulers (Nigeria)
Conflict between the military and the government
A favorable international context (US support of Pinochet)

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History of Military coup d'états in Turkey
1960 - Young military

officers take charge against Democratic Party
1971 - Military coup on the economy; an event known as the "coup by memorandum"
1980 - Military coup between right- and left-wing groups.
1997 - Military coup during Islamic Welfare Party government2012 - Coup conspiracy
A Turkish court cleared 236 military suspects who had been accused of plotting to remove Erdogan when he was prime minister in 2003.
2016 - Coup fails

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The Police and Politics
The purpose of the police is to

maintain domestic order
Three contrasting approaches to the nature of policing and the role that it plays in society
The liberal perspective
The conservative perspective
The radical perspective

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The Police and Politics
The liberal perspective – the police’s role

is to preserve the authority of the state and ensure that its jurisdiction penetrates the community
The conservative – the police is viewed as tools of oppression that act in the interest of the state rather than the people and serves elites rather than the masses

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The Police and Politics
The liberal perspectives treats the police as

a neutral body, the purpose of which is to maintain domestic order through the protection of individual rights and liberties
Two ways the government sues the police:
Civil policing – the enforcement of the criminal law
Political policing- the use of the police as a political rather than a civil instrument (control strikes, demonstrations, civil unrest, terrorism, etc.)