Public Control of Armed Forces in the Russian Federation

Analyzes the importance of human and societal security in Russia
Takes a critical stance on the classical perspective of military sociology and shifts the focus away from the exclusive power relationship between political and military elites
Explores how grassroots organizations perform in their natural settings and how they engage in daily routines and practices of public control

Analyzes the importance of human and societal security in Russia Takes a critical stance on the classical perspective of military sociology and shifts the focus away from the exclusive power relationship between political and military elites Explores how grassroots organizations perform in their natural settings and how they engage in daily routines and practices of public control Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Nadja Douglas is Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany. She holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris and a PhD from Humboldt University Berlin. Previously, she worked as a policy advisor at the German Bundestag and the OSCE. Her research focuses on peace and conflict, human rights and the politico-military dimension of the OSCE.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Looking at the Bigger Picture.- Chapter 3: Different Understandings of Civilian Control.- Chapter 4: Revising the Framework for Civilian Control.- Chapter 5: Institutionalised forms of Civilian Control.- Chapter 6: Heterogenous landscape of grassroots initiatives.- Chapter 7: Public Control of Armed Forces as Social Practice.- Chapter 8: Tracing the Impact of Civic Activism on Military Legislation (AGS Law).- Chapter 9: Conclusion.