The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India (Modern South Asia) - Image 1

£53.00

Oxford University Press The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India (Modern South Asia)

Name: The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India (Modern South Asia)
Brand: Oxford University Press
Price: 53.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Military History

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£53 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 24 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 639 days • 639 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 639 days • 5 price ranges

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common range: £58-64 (256 days, 40.1%)

Price range: £53 - £80

Price levels: 5 price ranges over 639 days

Description

Civilian control over the military is widely hailed as one of the major successes of India's democracy. Because it is so rare, especially among post-colonial states, this control is rightfully celebrated. But has this come at a cost? In The Absent Dialogue, Anit Mukherjee argues that the pattern of civil-military relations in India has hampered its military effectiveness. Diving deep into understanding the organization and internal processes within the Indian military, he explains how Indian politicians and bureaucrats have long been content with the formal and ritualistic exercise of civilian control, while the military continues to operate in institutional silos. Yet, there has been little substantive engagement between the two. To support this claim, Mukherjee closely examines the variables most closely associated with military effectiveness-weapons procurement, jointness (the ability of separate military services to operate together), officer education, promotion policies, and defense planning. Further, Mukherjee shows how India's pattern of civil-military relations-best characterized as an absent dialogue-adversely affects each of these processes. While the book focuses on India, it also highlights the importance of civilian expertise and institutional design in enhancing civilian control and military effectiveness in other democracies. Informed by more than a hundred and fifty interviews and recently available archival material, The Absent Dialogue sheds new light on India's military and will reshape our understanding of both the history and contemporary dynamics of civil-military relations and recurring problems therein.

Product Specifications

Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0190905905
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Military History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 November 2019
Listed Since: 02 May 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Oxford University Press The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India (Modern South Asia)

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods

The Adaptive Military: Armed Forces in a Turbulent World

Cultural Differences between the Military and Parent Society in Democratic Countries: 4 (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, 4)

Guarding the Guardians: Civil-Military Relations and Democratic Governance in Africa

Supreme Leadership in Modern War: Civil-Military Relations During Competition and War (Cass Military Studies)

Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution: Sociological Perspectives: 7 (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, 7)

Supreme Leadership in Modern War: Civil-Military Relations During Competition and War (Cass Military Studies)

India’s National Security: Annual Review 2011

Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians: Reforming Civil-Military Relations in Democratic Latin America

Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies

Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2015: The Dilemma of Leaving: Political and Military Exit Strategies (NL ARMS)

Military Innovation in Small States: Creating a Reverse Asymmetry (Cass Military Studies)

Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations

The Military-State-Society Symbiosis: 5

Big Wars and Small Wars: The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century (Military History and Policy)

Research Handbook on Civil–Military Relations (Elgar Handbooks in Political Science)

Qualitative Methods in Military Studies: Research Experiences and Challenges (Cass Military Studies)

The Evolution of Military Power in the West and Asia: Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era (Routledge Global Security Studies)

Military Professionalism in Asia: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives

Pakistan’s National Security Approach and Post-Cold War Security: Uneasy Co-existence (Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics)

The Military Balance 2012

Military Strategy in the 21st Century: People, Connectivity, and Competition (Rapid Communications in Conflict & Security)

The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations