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The Challenge of Institutionalizing Civilian Control. Botswana, Ivory Coast, and Kenya in Comparative Perspective.
Boubacar N'diaye
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Hardback. Assessing three of the most enduring civilian regimes in Africa - Botswana, Kenya, and until the December 1999 coup, the Ivory Coast - this work focuses on the role of civilian regimes in the institutionalization of civilian control. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Assessing three of the most enduring civilian regimes in Africa—Botswana, Kenya, and, until the December 1999 coup, the Ivory Coast—Boubacar N'Diaye focuses on the role of civilian regimes in the institutionalization of civilian control. The author warns that only government legitimacy and a culture of genuine military professionalism are likely to assure civilian control of the military. N'Diaye calls for a bold conceptual shift in the study of African civil-military relations away from expedient short-term coup avoidance. Refreshingly, his study emphasizes the policies regimes enact instead of the structures of African societies or the personal idiosyncrasies of leaders. This book ... Read more
Assessing three of the most enduring civilian regimes in Africa—Botswana, Kenya, and, until the December 1999 coup, the Ivory Coast—Boubacar N'Diaye focuses on the role of civilian regimes in the institutionalization of civilian control. The author warns that only government legitimacy and a culture of genuine military professionalism are likely to assure civilian control of the military. N'Diaye calls for a bold conceptual shift in the study of African civil-military relations away from expedient short-term coup avoidance. Refreshingly, his study emphasizes the policies regimes enact instead of the structures of African societies or the personal idiosyncrasies of leaders. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739102398
SKU
V9780739102398
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About Boubacar N'diaye
Boubacar N'Diaye is Professor of Political Science and Black Studies at The College of Wooster.
Reviews for The Challenge of Institutionalizing Civilian Control. Botswana, Ivory Coast, and Kenya in Comparative Perspective.
Overall, the book is well researched and the author has done a good job admiting historical evidence to back his arguments. His presetnation of the taxonomy of causes of coups is very impressive. Particularly praiseworthy is the organizational clarity of the work and the pains Boubacar takes at every turn to explain how each chapter fits with the rest of ... Read more