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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 17.584 (Spring 2003) 
  • Course Title:
  • Civil-Military Relations 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Political Science 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Roger Petersen 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 17.584 Civil-Military Relations



    Spring 2003




    Course Highlights


    This course features an extensive reading list.


    Course Description


    This course centers on mechanisms of civilian control of the military. Relying on the influential texts of Lasswell, Huntington, and Finer, the first classes clarify the basic tensions between the military and civilians. A wide-ranging series of case studies follows. These cases are chosen to create a field of variation that includes states with stable civilian rule, states with stable military influence, and states exhibiting fluctuations between military and civilian control. The final three weeks of the course are devoted to the broader relationship between military and society.
     

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