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Politicians in Uniform: Military Governments and Social Change in The Third World

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  • Jackman, Robert W.

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This paper examines three arguments about the impact of military regimes on social change (i.e., economic growth and social reform) in Third-World countries. The first asserts that military governments are progressive; the second claims that they are conservative or reactionary; while the third states that the impact of military regimes on social change varies by level of development. An analysis of covariance model is specified and used first to reanalyze data previously examined by Nordlinger. The results provide no support for any of the three hypotheses, but limitations of the data prevent this from being a convincing test. The model is therefore tested with a second set of data covering 77 politically independent countries of the Third World for the decade 1960 to 1970. Again, the estimates are inconsistent with all three hypotheses and suggest instead that military regimes have no unique effects on social change, regardless of societal type. The paper concludes that the civilian-military government distinction is of little use in the explanation of social change.

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  • Jackman, Robert W., 1976. "Politicians in Uniform: Military Governments and Social Change in The Third World," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 70(4), pages 1078-1097, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:70:y:1976:i:04:p:1078-1097_17
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    1. Uk Heo, 1998. "Modeling the Defense-Growth Relationship around the Globe," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 42(5), pages 637-657, October.
    2. Ekkart Zimmermann, 1979. "Explaining military coups d'etat: Towards the development of a complex causal model," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 13(5), pages 431-441, October.
    3. Unal Tongur & Sara Hsu & Adem Yavuz Elveren, 2013. "Military Expenditures and Political Regimes: An Analysis Using Global Data, 1963-2001," ERC Working Papers 1307, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Jul 2013.
    4. William J. Dixon & Bruce E. Moon, 1986. "The Military Burden and Basic Human Needs," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 30(4), pages 660-684, December.
    5. Civilize, Sireethorn & Wongchoti, Udomsak & Young, Martin, 2015. "Military regimes and stock market performance," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 76-95.
    6. Justin Conrad & Hong-Cheol Kim & Mark Souva, 2013. "Narrow interests and military resource allocation in autocratic regimes," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 50(6), pages 737-750, November.

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