ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by developing a typology of civil-military relations and examining the determinants of where a relationship falls in the typology, using as variables political culture and constitutive rules of political interaction. It proposes a framework that postulates which civilian and military interests are most important in determining policy preferences. The framework uses insights from the study of grand strategy, historical sociology, interest group politics, and organizational theory. The chapter analyzes the dynamics of the civil-military relationship by focusing on civilian and military interests as they relate to the potential sources of threat and possible policy responses. The industrial/labor coalition is based on an economic development strategy that seeks to modify, if not isolate, the effect of international market forces on the national economy. The chapter concludes with hypotheses on how civil-military relations influence the consolidation of democracy and produce cooperative or competitive regional relations.
