civilian control
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcivilianandcontrol
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civilian
adjective
uk/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consequently, he focuses on strategies that are most likely to ensure long-termciviliancontrol.
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However,civiliancontrolover the military is clear-cut in nearly all of the monarchical regimes.
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Improvedciviliancontroland accountability failed to eliminate problems of ineffectiveness.
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Another favourite theme was the use of conscription to help subordinate the army tociviliancontrol.
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Strategies for institutionalisingciviliancontrolof the military were hardly the explicit focus of research.
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Rowlands casts doubt on the argument that this period saw the extension ofciviliancontrolover the military.
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Civilian politicians were primarily concerned to return armed forces to barracks and place them underciviliancontrol.
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The public security system was firmly underciviliancontrol, significantly more accountable to elected authorities than any prior security force.
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It establishes parliamentary andciviliancontrolover the armed forces.
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It will be under distinguished leadership and underciviliancontrol.
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But the only conclusion apparently drawn is the need to bring the armed forces under more directciviliancontrol(p. 180).
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Some chapters even focus on the roles of specific institutions - political parties, interest associations andciviliancontrolof the military - in deepening shallow democracies.
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The elite forced the armed forces to come under increasingciviliancontrol, but they could not defeat the guerilla insurgency without the help of the paramilitary.
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Political behaviour remains marked by weak governance institutions, increasing political polarisation, uncertainciviliancontrolof the armed forces, widespread distrust and a weak culture of consensus and compromise.
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The downgrading of the service leaders could be dangerous to morale and could jeopardiseciviliancontrol.
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We have clearly stated that this is a civilian programme underciviliancontrol.
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But there should beciviliancontrolof services such as welfare.
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It is quite wrong that civil defence should be underciviliancontrol.
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We have a strong tradition ofciviliancontrolof the armed forces.
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The incident took place when the scale of violence became too great for normalciviliancontrol.
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The army is underciviliancontrol.
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The generals should do the tactics, but the strategy should be underciviliancontrol, of course, with military advice.
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Anything that unduly strengthens the executive power as against the power ofciviliancontrolshould be resisted most strenuously.
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It is about shared values, the spread of democratic institutions underciviliancontroland respect for human rights.
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