TY - GEN A1 - Heinz, Wolfgang S. T1 - Militär und Transition zur Demokratie in Lateinamerika : ein Rück- und Ausblick T1 - Military and transition to democracy in Latin America N2 - Since the beginning of the 1970s a lot of countries in Latin America has been starting the transition to democracy. The article analyses the role played by the military in this process, especially the effects of civildemocratic governments – sometimes failing in – gaining power over the military. It is described how and why the army occasionally kept their independence from the civil power and how this influenced the consolidation of democracy. KW - Lateinamerika KW - Militär KW - Übergang KW - zivil-militärische Beziehungen KW - Demokratie KW - Latin America KW - military KW - transition KW - civil-military relations KW - democracy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48299 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Radseck, Michael T1 - Die vernachlässigte Reform : zum Primat der Politik über das Militär im südlichenLateinamerika T1 - Neglected : civilian control over the military in Latin America N2 - Despite many economic and state reforms in South America, no comparable changes have taken place with regard to civil-military relations: Neither do the armed forces have a clearly defined mission of their own nor are they adequately democratically controlled. The article looks at the present civil-military relations from various angles and explicitly deals with examples from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It presents the reasons for the lack of civilian control over the military and discusses the resulting consequences for domestic and foreign politics. KW - Lateinamerika KW - Veränderung KW - zivil-militärische Beziehungen KW - Verteidigungspolitik KW - Latin America KW - transition KW - civil-military relations KW - defence policy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48231 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Opfer, Björn T1 - Organisiertes Verbrechen und politische Transformation in Bulgarien T1 - Organized crime and political transformation in Bulgaria N2 - Since the late 1960s of the 20th century, Bulgaria experienced a great increase in organized crime. As a result, relations between the managers of state-owned enterprises, the state security service, party officials, and criminal actors grew and became stronger. Parts of the old network are still functioning. Through the support of governmental circles, organized crime became established and dominated essential parts of the economy, from the mid-1990s. Since 1996, however, governments tried to act against organized crime. The influence of the mafia is still an unsolved problem and a challenge to the transformation of the country. KW - Bulgarien KW - Wechsel KW - organisiertes Verbrechen KW - politische Eliten KW - Bulgaria KW - transition KW - organized crime KW - political elites Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47418 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Koehler, Jan A1 - Zürcher, Christoph T1 - Der Staat und sein Schatten : zur Institutionalisierung hybrider Staatlichkeit im Süd-Kaukasus T1 - The state and its shadow : institutionalisation of hybrid states in the southern Caucasus region N2 - This article looks at contemporary Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan and addresses the question of how these states, which suffer from considerable institutional weaknesses, nevertheless retain the ability to control key aspects of statehood, first of all security and a measure of central authority. It is argued that these states invest only in selected aspects of statehood. The needed resources are mobilized by a system of informal taxes, which are then invested in certain selected core functions of statehood. This form of state depends on both formal and informal institutions, which are mutually supportive. KW - Georgien KW - Armenien KW - Aserbaidschan KW - Wechsel KW - Staatsaufbau KW - Georgia KW - Armenia KW - Azerbaijan KW - transition KW - state-building Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47422 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Aphrasidze, David T1 - Die Polizei in Georgien : Wandel eines Akteurs T1 - The police in (Post-Soviet) Georgia : change of an actor N2 - During the violent phases of transformation in post-Soviet Georgia the power of the police passed on to paramilitary groups. Under the rule of president Shevardnadze, however, the police regained a central political role, but it remained embedded in Soviet and pre-Soviet political structures. This becomes visible by looking at the political economy of the police. Informal taxes, purchase of office, and clientelism became established practices within the police. At present, the new government tries to carry out structural reforms in the police sector, which might lead to a break with the current hybrid Georgian state model. KW - Georgien KW - Wechsel KW - Hybridstaat KW - Polizei KW - Georgia KW - transition KW - hybrid state KW - police Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47390 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berg, Andrea T1 - Dynastie oder Demokratie? : Die Personalisierung des Staates in Zentralasien T1 - Dynasty or democracy? : The personalisation of the state in Central Asia N2 - The increasing concentration of power in the hands of the presidential families in all Central Asian states led to the personalisation of the state during the last years. The presidents successfully established neo-patrimonial, authoritarian regimes with a high level of consolidation but without fulfilling the criterion of democracy. The article explores the strategies the presidents use to maintain their authority and discusses which political developments can be expected concerning the question of succession. KW - Zentralasien KW - Wechsel KW - Hybridstaaten KW - neopatrimoniale Regierungen KW - Central Asia KW - transition KW - hybrid states KW - neo-patrimonial regimes Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47405 ER -