Review article
Post-Cold War Theory of Civil-Military Relations and Military Professionalism
Tomislav SMERIĆ
Abstract
The paper deals with the status of military professionalism as
a key element of the mechanism of establishing civilian
control of armed forces in the context of post-cold war
theories of civil-military relations. After reviewing the basic
elements of the critique of "classical" Huntington's and
Janowitz's theories, some of the "new" theories are presented:
"concordance theory", "agency theory", "new institutionalist
approach", "the mission model" and "the theory of shared
responsibility". The role of military professionalism in forming
the model of democratic control of armed forces in
European "new democracies" is also examined. The analysis
suggests that despite the efforts to overcome relying on the
concept of military professionalism in recent civil-military
relations theories in the West, the concept maintains its
relevance in the context of studying, but also in forming civil-
-military relations in postcommunist countries.
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Hrčak ID:
18092
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Publication date:
31.12.2005.
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