Civil–Military Relations (CMR), as we know, describes the relationship between civil society as a whole, and the military. More narrowly, it describes the relationship between the civil authority of a given society and its military authority. Studies of civil-military relations often rest on a normative assumption that civilian control of the military is preferable to military control of the state. The principal problem to be examined is, how civilian control over the military is established and maintained.
CMR involves study and research in areas of political science and sociology. It draws upon such diverse fields as law, philosophy, area studies, psychology, cultural studies,anthropology, economics, history, diplomatic history, journalism, and the military, among others. It involves study and discussion of a diverse range of issues including but not limited to: civilian control of the military, military professionalism, war, civil-military operations, military institutions, and other related subjects. International in scope, civil-military relations involves discussion and research from across the world. The theoretical discussion can include non-state actors as well as more traditional nation states. Other research involves discerning the details of military political attitudes, voting behavior, and the potential impact on and interaction with democratic society as well as military families.
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