The Strategic Significance of Ethical Imperatives: The Case of the German Armed Forces

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F15%3A10272355" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/15:10272355 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/4/639" target="_blank" >http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/4/639</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327X14547806" target="_blank" >10.1177/0095327X14547806</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Strategic Significance of Ethical Imperatives: The Case of the German Armed Forces

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The theoretical discourse in civil-military relations tends to perpetuate the notion that efficiency of military organizations is often negatively affected by the influence of domestic ideological factors. Societal norms are frequently portrayed as antithetical to the functional imperatives of the military. This article questions this notion and argues that an effective form of military organization can be produced by incorporating ethical norms of domestic society into its defense organization. To understand the role of societal ethical imperatives in defense policy, the Kantian model of societal-military relations is introduced here. This model emphasizes the normative character of military missions and suggests that its effective fulfillment requires an institutional culture consistent with such a mission. This is demonstrated in the case studies of West German rearmament and the post-Cold War transformation of the Bundeswehr. These empirical cases demonstrate that the societal ethi

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Strategic Significance of Ethical Imperatives: The Case of the German Armed Forces

Popis výsledku anglicky

The theoretical discourse in civil-military relations tends to perpetuate the notion that efficiency of military organizations is often negatively affected by the influence of domestic ideological factors. Societal norms are frequently portrayed as antithetical to the functional imperatives of the military. This article questions this notion and argues that an effective form of military organization can be produced by incorporating ethical norms of domestic society into its defense organization. To understand the role of societal ethical imperatives in defense policy, the Kantian model of societal-military relations is introduced here. This model emphasizes the normative character of military missions and suggests that its effective fulfillment requires an institutional culture consistent with such a mission. This is demonstrated in the case studies of West German rearmament and the post-Cold War transformation of the Bundeswehr. These empirical cases demonstrate that the societal ethi

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Armed Forces and Society

ISSN

0095-327X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

41

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

639-658

Kód UT WoS článku

000361169900003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84960431606