Overseen or Overlooked?: Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democratic Accountability - Image 1

£49.78

Stanford University Press Overseen or Overlooked?: Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democratic Accountability

Name: https://tosheroon.com/uploads/images/products/2/1350331813/9d89d477-44eb-4528-9e6e-b126c396b1ea.webp
Brand: Stanford University Press
Price: 49.78 GBP
Availability: InStock

Strategy

Price History & Forecast

Last 5 days • 5 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 5 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £50 (5 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £50 - £50

Price levels: 1 different prices over 5 days

Description

"War is too important to be left to the generals," declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau over a century ago. But which civilians, exactly, play the most important roles in controlling the armed forces? When civilian control is studied, the focus is typically on those in the upper echelons of the executive branch: presidents, prime ministers, or defense secretaries. Yet, because civilians in the executive may be tempted to hide problems or use the military in controversial ways, researchers must extend Clemenceau's dictum: if war is too important to be left to the generals, civilian control is too important to leave with the executive. This book aims to understand the similarities and differences among the world's democracies regarding the role of legislatures in democratic civil-military relations. Drawing on over a dozen cases from across the globe, the authors examine how most legislatures face capability and motivational impediments to conducting truly robust oversight and propose realistic reforms to strengthen military accountability to elected officials and the public—the heart of the civil-military relationship.

Key Features

New Store Stock

Product Specifications

Brand: Stanford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1503643425
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Military History > Strategy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 23 September 2025
Listed Since: 22 February 2025

Barcode

No barcode data available

Stanford University Press Overseen or Overlooked?: Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democratic Accountability

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy

Routledge - The Double Democratic Deficit - Politics Book

Warriors and Politicians: US Civil-Military Relations under Stress (Cass Military Studies)

Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations: The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War

Reforming Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies: Democratic Control and Military Effectiveness in Comparative Perspectives

When Should State Secrets Stay Secret?: Accountability, Democratic Governance, and Intelligence

Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics)

Military Courts, Civil-Military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy: The Politics of Military Justice

Intelligence as Democratic Statecraft: Accountability and Governance of Civil-Intelligence Relations Across the Five Eyes Security Community - the ... Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the Quest for Accountability

Democratic Commitments – Legislatures & International Cooperation: Legislatures and International Cooperation

Routledge Civil-Military Relations in Perspective - Book

While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers

Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority (Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law)

Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia

Civil-Military Relations in Europe: Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change (Cass Military Studies)

The Case for Congress: Separation of Powers and the War on Terror

The Case for Congress: Separation of Powers and the War on Terror

Routes to Reform: Civil-Military Relations and Democracy in the Third Wave (Oxford Studies in Democratization)

Legislative Deliberative Democracy: Debating Acts Restricting Freedom of Speech during War (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)

Measuring Accountability in Public Governance Regimes

On Legislatures: The Puzzle of Representation (On Politics)

Military Officers in the U.S. Armed Forces: Background, Considerations & Provisions

A Handbook of Military Conscription and Composition the World Over