Thisbookexaminestheconditionsunderwhichnewdemocraciessucceedorfailinestablishingfirmandlastingciviliancontrolofthemilitary.DavidKuehnandAurelCroissantintroduceamulti-dimensionalconceptualframeworktoevaluatethedegreeofciviliancontrolinnewdemocraciesandtotracedevelopmentsovertime.Thetheoryofciviliancontrolinnewdemocraciesthattheyproposeintegratesrationalist,structuralist,andinstitutionalistargumentsintoacoherentmodeltoexplainwhen,how,andthroughwhichcausalmechanismnewdemocraciessucceedorfailinestablishingandsustainingciviliancontroloverthemilitary.Thistheoryistestedonanoriginaldatasetonciviliancontroloverthemilitaryin66countriesthathavemadethetransitionfromauthoritariantodemocraticruleatleastonceintheperiodfrom1974to2010.Thestudytracestheeffectsofdifferentdegreesofciviliancontrolonthesurvivalanddemocraticqualityofthirdwavedemocracies,combininglarge-Nstatisticalanalyseswithdetailedcasestudynarrativesofseveralcountries.Thebookestablishesacomprehensiveunderstandingoftheconditionsandprocessesunderwhichthirdwavedemocraciessucceededorfailedinestablishingfirmandlastingciviliancontrolofthemilitary-anditsconsequencesforthesurvivalandqualityofthenewdemocraticstructures,processes,andpractices.
