Armed Forces and Democracy: Contemporary Experiences

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: FSE009 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

How have the Armed Forces dealt with democratic regimes? This issue has been present since the beginning of studies about the Armed Forces, State, and Society, but it has gained new momentum in contemporary times. In particular, the emergence of authoritarian political forces has raised questions about the behavior of the military concerning democracy - as a threat, a guarantee, or trying to maintain a "neutral" position. Proposals based on empirical case studies and theoretical or comparative ones will be welcome in this session.
Session Organizers:
Celso CASTRO, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, Helena CARREIRAS, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal and Adriana MARQUES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oral Presentations
The Army As 'neutral Power': Or Transitology As a Schmittian Paradigm?
Hachemaoui MOHAMMED, SCIENCES PO PARIS, France
Military Officers and Politics: An Analyzes of Officers Elected to the Brazilian Congress
Felipe GARCIA, Brazil
How Democratic Are the Militants? Right Wing Extremist Political Attitudes in the Bundeswehr
Markus STEINBRECHER, Bundeswehr Center for Military History and Social Sciences, Germany; Heiko BIEHL, Bundeswehr Center for Military History and Social Sciences, Germany
Does Europeanisation Fit All?
Marek ROHR-GARZTECKI, Institute for Political Studies, Poland
Militarisation, Politics, Resistance and Loyalty in Zimbabwe
Godfrey MARINGIRA, South Africa
Is Military Involvement in Governance a Path to Building or Restoring Democracy? an Analysis of Recent Coups d’Etats in Africa.
Fanta DEMBÉLÉ, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, France
How Everything Became War. from a Female Look at the Miltary and Back
Fatima FARINA, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
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