Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects

The democratisation of national defence policies and systems plays a vital role in making any country more democratic. The democratic transition of this sector in Slovenia and Montenegro has experienced a challenging reform process and it is now time for reflection. This paper aims to identify the m...

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Autores principales:	Prezelj Iztok, Injac Olivera, Kolak Anja
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2020
Materias:	democratisation security sector reforms security defence policy defence system transition Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:102c783319eb414cb250bcf12e7a8a702021-12-02T16:39:06ZDemocratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects1801-342210.2478/pce-2020-0032https://doaj.org/article/102c783319eb414cb250bcf12e7a8a702020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0032https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422The democratisation of national defence policies and systems plays a vital role in making any country more democratic. The democratic transition of this sector in Slovenia and Montenegro has experienced a challenging reform process and it is now time for reflection. This paper aims to identify the main characteristics and issues of the democratisation process in the field of national defence in both countries and, by comparing them, to look for key similarities and differences. The paper argues and confirms that the Slovenian and Montenegrin national defence and security systems were initially faced with serious post-socialist democratic deficits, but gradual democratisation then brought drastic improvements to the quality of their democracy. The process of joining NATO and the change from a military threat perception to a non-military threat perception created space for many reforms. Greatest steps forward in democratisation in both countries entailed nominating civilian defence ministers, having a reasonable number of civilian defence experts involved in the military business, establishing working parliamentary monitoring committees, reducing defence budgets and reallocating funding to other sectors. Progress was also observed in reducing the total number of soldiers, establishing a fully professional armed force, assuring that women in the armed forces were properly represented and increasing the deployment of soldiers to foreign stabilisation operations in a sign of becoming security providers.Prezelj IztokInjac OliveraKolak AnjaSciendoarticledemocratisationsecurity sector reformssecuritydefence policydefence systemtransitionPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 713-741 (2020)
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description	The democratisation of national defence policies and systems plays a vital role in making any country more democratic. The democratic transition of this sector in Slovenia and Montenegro has experienced a challenging reform process and it is now time for reflection. This paper aims to identify the main characteristics and issues of the democratisation process in the field of national defence in both countries and, by comparing them, to look for key similarities and differences. The paper argues and confirms that the Slovenian and Montenegrin national defence and security systems were initially faced with serious post-socialist democratic deficits, but gradual democratisation then brought drastic improvements to the quality of their democracy. The process of joining NATO and the change from a military threat perception to a non-military threat perception created space for many reforms. Greatest steps forward in democratisation in both countries entailed nominating civilian defence ministers, having a reasonable number of civilian defence experts involved in the military business, establishing working parliamentary monitoring committees, reducing defence budgets and reallocating funding to other sectors. Progress was also observed in reducing the total number of soldiers, establishing a fully professional armed force, assuring that women in the armed forces were properly represented and increasing the deployment of soldiers to foreign stabilisation operations in a sign of becoming security providers.
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title	Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects
title_short	Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects
title_full	Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects
title_fullStr	Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects
title_full_unstemmed	Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects
title_sort	democratisation of defence policies and systems in slovenia and montenegro: developmental and comparative aspects
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Democratisation of Defence Policies and Systems in Slovenia and Montenegro: Developmental and Comparative Aspects

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