GOVT 4320 - Civil-Military Relations

Credit(s): 3

This course provides students with a foundational understanding of the social and political bargains that are made in order to keep the state safe from external threats. The course facilitates discussion of the foundations of both the military and the state, theories of how civil military and state military relations work, and specific aspects of this bargain. The material in the course is focused on civil-military relations in a democratic context, but also touches on these aspects in authoritarian states. The course helps students to apply general principles to the current political context.
Repeated: No Prerequisite Course(s): GOVT 2305 and GOVT 2306