TY - JOUR
T1 - The expanding domestic role of Western armed forces and its implications
AU - Kalkman, Jori Pascal
PY - 2019/1/26
Y1 - 2019/1/26
N2 - The domestic roles of Western armed forces are expanding. Although there is broad academic agreement that this trend is widespread, research on its implications has been relatively scarce. Here, I examine three debates that have emerged in the wake of expanding domestic military roles. They include: discussion on the origins of this trend between functionalists and politically-oriented scholars; its implications for civilian control and civil rights; and its effects on military-police convergence. This is followed by a call for more research on how the expanding domestic roles of Western armed forces relate to domestic civil-military collaboration, the management of military organizations, military visibility and reputation, perceptions of new tasks within the military, and the scale of this trend. A concluding section makes a case for drawing more academic attention to this phenomenon.
AB - The domestic roles of Western armed forces are expanding. Although there is broad academic agreement that this trend is widespread, research on its implications has been relatively scarce. Here, I examine three debates that have emerged in the wake of expanding domestic military roles. They include: discussion on the origins of this trend between functionalists and politically-oriented scholars; its implications for civilian control and civil rights; and its effects on military-police convergence. This is followed by a call for more research on how the expanding domestic roles of Western armed forces relate to domestic civil-military collaboration, the management of military organizations, military visibility and reputation, perceptions of new tasks within the military, and the scale of this trend. A concluding section makes a case for drawing more academic attention to this phenomenon.
KW - armed forces
KW - domestic role
KW - homeland security
KW - military tasks
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U2 - 10.1515/jhsem-2018-0052
DO - 10.1515/jhsem-2018-0052
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063721736
SN - 1547-7355
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
JF - Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
IS - 1
M1 - 20180052
ER -