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Crafting Democratic Control of the Military: a Comparative Analysis of South Korea, Chile and Ghana

This is the second part of an extended article; Part I, ‘Democracy and the Military: An Epitaph for Frankenstein's Monster?’...

Democracy and the Military: an Epitaph for Frankenstein’s Monster?

This article contends that the relationship between the military and democracy is inherently problematic, even in advanced democracies,...

Ethnicity and politics in India

EU Report on Village Self-Governance: 1-60, July

Programme Aid as an Appropriate Policy Response to Drought

Published by: IDS

The traditional international response to drought has been to provide humanitarian relief, in particular food aid for direct distribution. The drought of 1991-92 in Southern Africa, however, saw a change from a response that was preoccupied with direct relief, to a response that incorporated both programme food aid and programme financial aid.

Faustian Bargains: Democratic Control of the Military Establishment

Published by: Manchester University Press

Technical Report: Institutional and Social Analysis of Nanhanji and Xiaopu, ODA/Atkins RUWEP Project, June

The Triple C Approach to Local Industrial Policy

In both developed and developing countries there is mounting evidence that clustering and networking help small- and medium-sized...

Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and Prospects During the 1990s

Published by: IDS

Privatisation of both the ownership and control o f state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is an increasingly central feature o f all national...

Commons and Collectives: The Lack of Social Capital in Central Asia’s Land Reform

Published by: IDS