The Military In The Political Development Of New Nations: An Essay In Comparative Analysis
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At the crossroads of military power and political transformation, Morris Janowitz's The Military in the Political Development of New Nations presents a rigorous comparative analysis of the armed forces' role in the governance and nation-building of post-colonial states. Drawing on case studies across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Janowitz argues that military institutions are not peripheral actors but central architects of political order in newly independent nations, shaping civil-military relations, economic policy, and the very structure of nascent governments. The work details the conditions under which military elites assume political leadership, the organizational characteristics that distinguish politically interventionist armies from professional ones, and the sociological forces that drive officers from the barracks into the halls of power. A landmark contribution to political sociology, this essay established Janowitz — one of the foremost military sociologists of the twentieth century — as an indispensable voice in the study of comparative politics and civil-military relations. His analytical framework, which treats the military as a social institution embedded within broader political and cultural structures, anticipates decades of subsequent scholarship on authoritarianism and democratic transition. For students of political science, history, and international relations, the central question Janowitz poses — whether the military can serve as a modernizing force or inevitably becomes an obstacle to democratic development — remains as urgent and unresolved today as when he first raised it.
Author: Morris Janowitz
Format: Paperback
Published: 1965, University of Chicago Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of military power and political transformation, Morris Janowitz's The Military in the Political Development of New Nations presents a rigorous comparative analysis of the armed forces' role in the governance and nation-building of post-colonial states. Drawing on case studies across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Janowitz argues that military institutions are not peripheral actors but central architects of political order in newly independent nations, shaping civil-military relations, economic policy, and the very structure of nascent governments. The work details the conditions under which military elites assume political leadership, the organizational characteristics that distinguish politically interventionist armies from professional ones, and the sociological forces that drive officers from the barracks into the halls of power. A landmark contribution to political sociology, this essay established Janowitz — one of the foremost military sociologists of the twentieth century — as an indispensable voice in the study of comparative politics and civil-military relations. His analytical framework, which treats the military as a social institution embedded within broader political and cultural structures, anticipates decades of subsequent scholarship on authoritarianism and democratic transition. For students of political science, history, and international relations, the central question Janowitz poses — whether the military can serve as a modernizing force or inevitably becomes an obstacle to democratic development — remains as urgent and unresolved today as when he first raised it.