Civil–Military Relations in Brazil: A Reassessment

Bruneau, Thomas C.; Tollefson, Scott D.

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“…In contrast, other scholars noticed that democratic political dynamics succeeded in eroding military power, reducing military autonomy in certain areas (Hunter, 1997). The result was not exactly an ideal democratic model, though the balance was certainly substantially more democratic than what scholars had predicted (Bruneau & Tollefson, 2014).…”

Section: The Study Of Brazilian Civil-military Relations: From Democr...mentioning

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Back to basics: assessing military involvement in politics in contemporary Brazil

Vitelli

2022

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As Brazil showed signs of progress in civil-military relations in the late nineties and early 2000s, research moved from civilian control to defense policy topics, resulting in the neglect of less obvious forms of military involvement in politics, many of which pre-date the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. After critically reviewing existing frameworks for assessing progress in civilian control we propose returning to the field’s primary concern with military intervention in politics by using three indicators -military presence in government; public commentary by military officers; and episodes of military contestation –and their implications regarding the armed forces, politicians, and society. Next, we examine these three indicators in the context of the presidencies of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer. We conclude that interactions between “soldiers, politicians, and civilians” in recent episodes of military involvement in politics revealthe full extent of the frailty of civil-military relations in Brazil.

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Back to basics: assessing military involvement in politics in contemporary Brazil

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2022

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“…For instance, what happens when the military is politicized but not polarized, or polarized but bureaucratically neutrality? Brazil offers a great laboratory for this latter scenario: it boasts a reasonably neutral military despite high social and political polarization (Bruneau and Tollefson 2014). Similarly, under which circumstances might polarization and politicization fail to produce divergence in public opinion?…”

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Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo

Polga-Hecimovich

2019

Lat. American Res. Rev.

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Which factors determine support for the armed forces? What is the effect of agency politicization on confidence? Existing studies, which draw largely from bureaucratically neutral militaries, find that interpersonal trust and demographic variables play significant roles in determining public confidence in the armed forces. I argue that this is different for a politicized agency. A loss of bureaucratic neutrality activates voters’ partisan attachments, inducing individuals to judge the agency on the basis of their ties to the governing party or leader. Using survey data from Venezuela, I show that government evaluation has a salient and bifurcated effect on respondents’ perceptions of their armed forces. Respondents sympathetic to the governing leader are more likely to have a favorable view of the military while those identifying as opposition are more likely to have a negative view. The results suggest that politicization of public agencies may impose an upper limit on public support regardless of institutional performance, undermine their representativeness and legitimacy, and weaken their mandates.

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“…They offer postgraduate programs where both the officers and civilians co-exist. The idea is to prepare the officers for getting commissioned in the army, while the civilians exit for jobs in the security sector (Bruneau & Tollefson, 2014).…”

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Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

2021

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The armed forces of a nation ought to be infallible organizations, scrupulous in action and deeds. They stand testimony to a nation's strength and solidarity. Non-military organizations strive hard to achieve military like austerity, discipline, work ethos and credos. Today, Indian Armed Forces in general and Indian Army in particular is an organization with troubled culture, much of which is attributable to its resistance to change and strong stereotypes. While the socio-economic and technological changes have swept the world, the Indian Armed Forces have not been to appreciate and accommodate the changes that have impacted the very fabric of the organization. The authors have attempted to study the organization culture at the Indian armed forces through the lens of Warrick's 2016 framework for high performance and low performance cultures. Adopting the mixed-method approach for data collection, the authors divided the study in two phases. In Phase I an in-depth systematic literature review was conducted and in phase II the authors conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews. The methodology was selected to be able to go into a lot of depth, and allow the participants to bring to fore the topics that the researchers had not even considered and to identify all empirical evidence to answer all the research question that were created using the Warrick's 2016 framework. Citing replete evidences, the authors propose that the armed forces present a case of stagnating culture. Is all lost or a lot is still recoverable? is the idea with which the authors explored the extant literature and garnered evidence from world class armies across the globe. Drawing from the experiences of world class armies, the authors present a well-researched way forward for the Indian armed forces. The study is original in its intent and execution and presents insightful recommendations for all levels of leaders in the Indian armed forces, policy makers, bureaucrats and diplomats.

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Civil–Military Relations in Brazil: A Reassessment

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Back to basics: assessing military involvement in politics in contemporary Brazil

Back to basics: assessing military involvement in politics in contemporary Brazil

Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo

Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

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