| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Asian Military Evolutions -- Entrenching Varieties of Civil-Military Relations and Their Security Initiatives in Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Fostering Developmental Guardianship: The Case of Myanmar's Tatmadaw -- Business as Usual despite Reform: The Indonesian Military under Jokowi -- Militarizing Governance: Informal Civil-Military Relations and Democratic Erosion in the Philippines -- Mind the Gap: The Curious Case of Everyday Civil-Military Relations in Singapore -- The Role of the Malaysian Armed Forces in Defence Diplomacy: A Foreign Policy Outworking of Civil-Military Relations in Malaysia -- The Architecture and Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Vietnam -- The Stubborn Illiberalism and Trialectical Dynamics of Thailand's Civil-Military Relations -- Peacekeeping: An Emerging Area of Southeast Asia's Defence and Security Cooperation? -- Northeast Asia -- Subjective Conditional Control: Return of the Strongman in China's Party-Army Relations -- Military and Politics in Patrimonial North Korea -- Curing National Insecurity through Developmental Authoritarianism in South Korea's Civil-Military Relations -- Image Makeover: The Military Evolution of Japan's Self-Defense Forces -- South Asia -- The Deficient Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in India -- Defence Diplomacy and Civil-Military Relations: The Case of Bangladesh -- Conclusion: Asian Military Evolutions as a Contribution to Civil-Military Relations Thought -- Index |
| Summary |
This book explores civil-military relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the range of contemporary Asian practices under conditions of abridged democracy, soft authoritarianism or complete totalitarianism. Through its analysis, the book argues that civil-military relations in Asia ought to be examined under the concept of 'Asian military evolutions.' It demonstrates that while Asian militaries have tried to incorporate standard, western-derived frameworks of civil-military relations, it has been necessary to adapt such frameworks to suit local circumstances. The book reveals how this has in turn led to creative fusions and novel changes in making civil-military relations an asset to furthering national security objectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil-military relations -- Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
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Civil-military relations
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Politics and government
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Politics & government.
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Politics and Government.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chong, Alan (Alan Chia Siong), editor.
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Jenne, Nicole, editor
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| ISBN |
9781529229349 |
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1529229340 |
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9781529229332 |
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1529229332 |
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