Discuss three key reasons why the military has often ruled in Global South countries.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Until recently, the new political leadership that restored order in many less developed countries often came from the military. There are three reasons the military emerges under conditions of political decay.
- First, a key norm within the military is a commitment to order, a norm that induces the military to act when the existing leadership has failed to maintain social order.
- Second, the military has the capabilities to function effectively because it is the most highly institutionalized and disciplined organizational structure in most developing countries.
- Third, the military has the capacity to subdue disorder because it usually controls the greatest concentration of force and violence in the society.
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