@article{2015:douglas:the_role_o,
title = {The Role of Society in the Control of Armed Forces – Implications for Democracy},
year = {2015},
note = {Contributing to the on-going debate on the second-generation
challenges of civilian control of armed forces, this article discusses
the role societal actors play in keeping a vigilant eye on the
military organisation of their country. It argues in favour of
enlarging the framework of civilian control in order to better take
account of the plurality of both civilian actors as controlling body
and military actors as referent object of control. Referring to
on-going problems of right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr and ethnic
bonding in the Russian armed forces as illustrative cases,
deficiencies of existing control mechanisms will be identified.
Societal oversight, as outlined, plays an increasingly important role
in terms of a compensation mechanism, irrespective of the character of
the political regime.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {19--25},
author = {Douglas, Nadja},
volume = {33},
number = {1}
}