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This course introduces students to the field of civil–military relations (CMR), a central theme in security studies and political science. While armed forces are often treated as neutral instruments of defence policy, this course problematises such a view by examining the armed forces as political, social, and normative actors. It addresses how the boundaries between the military, political authorities, and society are drawn, contested, and transformed. The course explores a wide range of issues: the military profession and its organisation, systems of recruitment and conscription, the role of ethnicity and citizenship in shaping armed forces, the use of the military in domestic politics, civilian control institutions, the role of militaries in revolutions, and the causes and dynamics of military coups.
Teaching is based on three complementary pillars. First, students develop their own research projects, which allow them to engage with scholarly debates and practise data collection and analysis. Second, seminar discussions provide space for critical engagement with key concepts and literature, linking classical scholarship to contemporary debates. Third, the course includes a simulation exercise in which students experience the dilemmas of civil–military interactions during moments of political crisis. Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (03.02.2026)
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By the end of the course, students will be able to: ● understand the principal theoretical and normative approaches to CMR, ● explain the complexity of relations between armed forces, political leaders, and society, ● analyse contemporary civil–military issues in a comparative perspective, ● design and carry out a small research project, including data collection, analysis, and academic reporting. Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (03.02.2026)
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See the syllabus file Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (29.01.2021)
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Snyder, Jack. ‘Civil-Military Relations and the Cult of the Offensive, 1914 and 1984’. International Security 9, no. 1 (1984): 108–146 Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America — Volume 2. Book 3, Chapter XXII Finer, Samuel Edward. The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics. London: Pall Mall Press, 1962. (selection) Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. Desch, Michael C. Civilian Control of the Military: The Changing Security Environment. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999: 8-21 Perlmutter, Amos. The Military and Politics in Modern Times: On Professionals, Praetorians, and Revolutionary Soldiers. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. (89-115) Luttwak, Edward. Coup D’état, a Practical Handbook. New York: Knopf, 1969. Talmadge, Caitlin. ‘Different Threats, Different Militaries: Explaining Organizational Practices in Authoritarian Armies’. Security Studies 25, no. 1 (2 January 2016): 111–41. doi:10.1080/09636412.2016.1134192 Kier, Elizabeth. ‘Culture and Military Doctrine: France between the Wars’. International Security 19, no. 4 (1 April 1995): 65–93. doi:10.2307/2539120. Lebel, Udi. ‘“Blackmailing the Army” – “Strategic Military Refusal” as Policy and Doctrine Enforcement: The Formation of a New Security Agent’. Small Wars & Insurgencies 25, no. 2 (4 March 2014): 297–328. doi:10.1080/09592318.2013.857941 Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (27.08.2019)
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viz sylabus Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (29.01.2021)
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Poslední úprava: Kučera Tomáš, Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (19.09.2025)
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