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100 1 _aCLARDIE Justin
245 _aThe impact of military spending on the likelihood of democratic transition failure :
_btesting two competing theories /
_cJustin Clardie.
260 _c2011
520 _aNewly democratised countries have to deal with the serious possibility of authoritarian military regimes reasserting their influence. This article identifies two possible approaches (increase military spending to keep the armed forces quiet, or decrease military spending to reduce military influence and use resources for other programme such as social welfare). Data from a study of democratic transitions between 1967 and 1999 supports a corellation between decreasing military spending and decreasing risk of democratic transition failure.
650 _aDEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
650 _aMILITARY BUDGETS
650 _aGOVERNMENT SPENDING
773 _aArmed Forces & Society :
_gVol 37 No 1, January 2011, pp.163-179 (3)
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0095327X10372595
_zclick here to view the full text of the article
945 _i34528-1001
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