Why aren't the Germans debating the draft? path dependency and the persistence of conscription

Longhurst, Kerry

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“…A common narrative in military sociology suggests that the trend among Western countries to abolish conscription is chiefly due to the decline of mass armies. In essence, this narrative argues that a number of factors have contributed to this decline: the qualitative change of the threats faced by Western countries, a change and diversification of the missions for which armies are deployed, the introduction of technological innovations requiring specialised staff, changes in the values held by Western populations, and so on (Ajangiz, 2002; Caforio, 2004; Longhurst, 2003; Meyer, 2011; Rosenau, 1990; Werkner, 2006). Many of these factors can also be found in the Spanish case (Ajangiz, 2003: 54–139; Olmeda Gómez, 1997: 132).…”

Section: The Spanish Casementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first notion was supposed to ensure the democratisation of the German army and the hegemony of civil society over the military. The second was, in turn, expected to satisfy the demand by the armed forces for personnel, guarantee the loyalty of the citizenry to the army, ensure that citizens lived up to their duty of contributing to the collective defence of their community and prevent the development of a ‘state within the state’ phenomenon (Longhurst, 2003: 152). Upon these pillars, a robust cross-party consensus was forged.…”

Section: The German Casementioning

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Minimally Deliberative Deliberative Systems? Problematisation and the Deliberative Democratic Effects of Poorly Deliberative Communication

Jorge

2017

Political Studies

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This article deals with the role of public communication in democratic decision-making, with a view to identifying communicative practices that can be expected to meet deliberative democratic standards. On the basis of two case studies, a mechanism is reconstructed through which public communication, although being poorly deliberative, can influence decision-making and achieve some of deliberative democracy’s most fundamental goals, namely, to attain mutually justified decisions, to secure the free and reasoned consent of citizens and to promote substantively correct decisions. This mechanism consists in the recurrent problematisation of a situation and the concomitant generation of political demands and proposals. This argument can at least be formulated if one adopts an institutional system perspective coupled with a concept of mutual justification understood along the lines of the ‘reasonable rejection test’.

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Section: The German Casementioning

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Minimally Deliberative Deliberative Systems? Problematisation and the Deliberative Democratic Effects of Poorly Deliberative Communication

Jorge

2017

Political Studies

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“…This approach echoes the insights of sociological institutionalism: that institutions consist of ‘symbol systems, cognitive scripts and moral templates that provide the “frames of meaning” guiding human action’ (Hall and Taylor 1996, 947). In their studies on German and French defence reform, Kerry Longhurst (2003) and Bastien Irondelle (2003) emphasise the role of ‘path dependency’. The concept of ‘path dependency’ is rooted in historical institutionalism's assertion that institutions embody ‘formal or informal procedures, routines, norms and conventions’ and toolkits of action that provide actors with ways of defining problems and ‘logics of appropriate behaviour’ (Hall and Taylor 1996, 938).…”

Section: Competing Visions Of Military Change: Neo-realist and Culturmentioning

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Defence Policy under the Labour Government: Operational Dynamism and Strategic Inertia

Dyson¹

2010

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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This article examines the process and outcome of defence reform under the Labour government, with a particular focus on the structuring of military input to defence planning. It argues that UK defence reform has been characterised by dynamism at the tactical and operational levels but that organisational politics between the services has impacted upon decisions surrounding defence capability procurement and force posture. The core executive has been able to structure military input to defence planning effectively at the tactical and operational levels. However, the core executive's capacity to provide clear guidance on the balance to be struck between capabilities and force postures relevant to contemporary and future conflict scenarios has been impeded by the British electoral cycle. Neo‐classical realism provides, therefore, compelling analytical leverage in conceptualising British defence reform.

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“…A substantial reduction of SWB would suit opponents of conscription who argue that the seemingly inevitable draft constricts personal freedom (cf. Longhurst, 2003). Yet, changes in SWB are not significant and the corresponding effect sizes are small, similar to the changes associated with life events like marriage, divorce, child birth, and retirement (e.g., Specht et al, 2011;Yap, Anusic, & Lucas, 2012).…”

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Compulsory Military Service and Personality Development

Schult

Sparfeldt

2015

SSRN Journal

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Why aren't the Germans debating the draft? path dependency and the persistence of conscription

Cited by 12 publications

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Minimally Deliberative Deliberative Systems? Problematisation and the Deliberative Democratic Effects of Poorly Deliberative Communication

Minimally Deliberative Deliberative Systems? Problematisation and the Deliberative Democratic Effects of Poorly Deliberative Communication

Defence Policy under the Labour Government: Operational Dynamism and Strategic Inertia

Compulsory Military Service and Personality Development

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