Good Governance and Civil–Security Relations

Name: Good Governance and Civil–Security Relations
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Good Governance and CivilSecurity RelationsA Comparative Study of Turkey and Egypt\nAuthor(s): Ahmed Abd Rabou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367445249, 978-0367445249\nSynopsis\nDeveloping the traditional civil-military relations approach to include security actors, the book compares the style of civil-security relations in both Egypt and Turkey. The volume comprehends the competition between civilian actors and military and security actors to impose control over the political regimes in transition and how this is related to the issue of good governance and democratization.\n\nThe Egyptian and Turkish cases are viably comparable in terms of the status of civil-security relations and level of civilian control, specifically considering the different outcomes of the latest military putsches in both country (2013 in Egypt and 2016 in Turkey), and the extended experiences of both countries with a strong military in.