TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking the civil-military relations paradigm
T2 - The inverse relation between militarism and praetorianism through the example of Israel
AU - Ben-Eliezer, Uri
PY - 1997/6
Y1 - 1997/6
N2 - Using Israel as a case study, this article endeavors to account for the intriguing sociopolitical phenomenon that military coups and military regimes are thwarted not because of the resilience of democratic institutions and the absence of war but because the society is militaristic and is in a protracted state of war. This argument, hypothesizing an inverse relationship between militarism and praetorianism, is based on an examination of Israel from its establishment until the present day, its depiction as a nation-in-arms, and its comparison with other nations-in-arms that have also experienced nonpraetorian militarism.
AB - Using Israel as a case study, this article endeavors to account for the intriguing sociopolitical phenomenon that military coups and military regimes are thwarted not because of the resilience of democratic institutions and the absence of war but because the society is militaristic and is in a protracted state of war. This argument, hypothesizing an inverse relationship between militarism and praetorianism, is based on an examination of Israel from its establishment until the present day, its depiction as a nation-in-arms, and its comparison with other nations-in-arms that have also experienced nonpraetorian militarism.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031480647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0010414097030003004
DO - 10.1177/0010414097030003004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031480647
SN - 0010-4140
VL - 30
SP - 356
EP - 374
JO - Comparative Political Studies
JF - Comparative Political Studies
IS - 3
ER -