Civil-Military Relations in Europe

This comparative study looks at how democratic control of the military functions in practice in Europe.
This is essential reading for students of civil-military relations, democratization, European politics and security studies in general.

Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl Haltiner, Jürgen Kuhlmann

Part 1. Introduction 1. Civilians and the Military in Europe Part 2. Transition States 2. Stressed and Strained Civil-Military Relations in Romania, but Successfully Reforming 3. Differentia Specifica: Military Reform in Serbia and Montenegro 4. The Impact of Conflict and Corruption on Macedonia's Civil Military Relations 5. Political Irresponsibility and Lack of Transparency in Ukrainian Defence Reform 6. Striving for Effective Parliamentary Control over the Armed Forces in Georgia Part 3. Consolidating democracies 7. Problems Confronting Civilian Democratic Control in Poland 8. Civil-Military Relations in Hungary: From Competition to Cooperation 9. Executive Decisions and Divisions: Disputing Competences in Civil-Military Relations in Slovenia 10 Modernisation of the Czech Armed Forces: No Walk through a Rose Garden 11. The Eve of Statehood for Israel: a Battle for Civil Supremacy over the Military Part 4. Established democracies 12. The Military Voice in France: On the Streets and in the Newspapers 13. Democratic Control of the Swiss Militia in Times of War and Peace: Ideal and Reality 14. International Prestige and Domestic Democratic Values in Civil-Military Conflicts: Two Irish Case Studies 15. His Master's Voice? Freedom of Speech and the German Citizen in Uniform Part V. Conclusions Patterns of Democratic Governance of Civil-Military Relations