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The military in politics : changing patterns in Brazil.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1971.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400868704
  • 140086870X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Military in politics.DDC classification:
  • 322/.5/0981 19
LOC classification:
  • UA619 .S7
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction ; Part I The Military in Politics: The Institutional Background ; 1. Military Organizational Unity and National Orientation: Hypotheses and Qualifications ; 2. The Size of the Military: Its Relevance for Political Behavior ; 3. Social Origins and Internal Organization of the Officer Corps: Their Political Significance ; Part II The ""Moderating Pattern"" of Civil-Military Relations: Brazil, 1945-1964 ; 4. Civilian Aspects of the ""moderating Pattern"" ; 5. The Functioning of the ""moderating Pattern"" a Comparative Analysis of Five Coups, 1945-1964.
Part III The Breakdown of the ""Moderating Pattern"" of Civil-Military Relations and the Emergence of Military Rule 6. The Growing Sense of Crisis in the Regime, 1961-1964: Its Impact on the ""Moderating Pattern"" ; 7. The Impact of Political and Economic Crises on the Military: Growth of Institutional Fears, 1961-1964 ; 8. The Impact of Political and Economic Crises on the Military: The Escola Superior De Guerra and the Development of a New Military Ideology ; 9. The Assumption of Power-The Revolution of 1964.
Part IV The Brazilian Military in Power, 1964-1968: A Case Study of the Political Problems of Military Government 10. The Military in Power: First Political Decisions and Problems ; 11. Military Unity and Military Succession: An Elite Analysis of the Castello Bronco Government ; 12. The Military as an Institution Versus the Military as Government ; Conclusion ; Appendix: Researching a Semiclosed Institution- A Note on Sources and Field Techniques ; Selected Bibliography ; Index.
Summary: The nature of the military institution in Brazil, its relations with civilian governments up to 1964, and its use of power since the coup of that year are examined by Alfred Stepan. Throughout his study, while looking at the Brazilian experience, he tests and reformulates implicit and explicit models, propositions, and middle-range hypotheses in the literature of civil-military relations and in political development theory. Professor Stepan's analysis suggests that many of the expectations and hypotheses held by theoreticians and policymakers about the capabilities of the military in moderni.
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Introduction ; Part I The Military in Politics: The Institutional Background ; 1. Military Organizational Unity and National Orientation: Hypotheses and Qualifications ; 2. The Size of the Military: Its Relevance for Political Behavior ; 3. Social Origins and Internal Organization of the Officer Corps: Their Political Significance ; Part II The ""Moderating Pattern"" of Civil-Military Relations: Brazil, 1945-1964 ; 4. Civilian Aspects of the ""moderating Pattern"" ; 5. The Functioning of the ""moderating Pattern"" a Comparative Analysis of Five Coups, 1945-1964.

Part III The Breakdown of the ""Moderating Pattern"" of Civil-Military Relations and the Emergence of Military Rule 6. The Growing Sense of Crisis in the Regime, 1961-1964: Its Impact on the ""Moderating Pattern"" ; 7. The Impact of Political and Economic Crises on the Military: Growth of Institutional Fears, 1961-1964 ; 8. The Impact of Political and Economic Crises on the Military: The Escola Superior De Guerra and the Development of a New Military Ideology ; 9. The Assumption of Power-The Revolution of 1964.

Part IV The Brazilian Military in Power, 1964-1968: A Case Study of the Political Problems of Military Government 10. The Military in Power: First Political Decisions and Problems ; 11. Military Unity and Military Succession: An Elite Analysis of the Castello Bronco Government ; 12. The Military as an Institution Versus the Military as Government ; Conclusion ; Appendix: Researching a Semiclosed Institution- A Note on Sources and Field Techniques ; Selected Bibliography ; Index.

The nature of the military institution in Brazil, its relations with civilian governments up to 1964, and its use of power since the coup of that year are examined by Alfred Stepan. Throughout his study, while looking at the Brazilian experience, he tests and reformulates implicit and explicit models, propositions, and middle-range hypotheses in the literature of civil-military relations and in political development theory. Professor Stepan's analysis suggests that many of the expectations and hypotheses held by theoreticians and policymakers about the capabilities of the military in moderni.

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