CIVIL-DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OVER THE MILITARY
CIVIL-DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OVER THE MILITARY

Summary/Abstract: The directions of research of the present paper followed the three pillars of epistemological research: conceptual assertions, the need for the civil-democratic control over the military institution and the historically demonstrated ways of exercising civil-democratic control over the army. Conceptual coordinates and characteristics of civilian control over the army are based on values such as legitimacy and democratic necessity, constitutional fundament, a factor of boosting the credibility of the military institution, a vector of development of the cooperation and cohesion between army and society, a process of increasing the performance of the military institution. This control has to be performed due to historical, social, political and democratic reasons. The types of civilian control are highlighted through historical, social and political perspectives. The analytical conclusions show the importance of democratic civilian control over the army.

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