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Governance of Defense and Policymaking in C hile
Author(s) -
Solar Carlos
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12078
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , corporate governance , political science , government (linguistics) , civil–military relations , public administration , civil society , work (physics) , public relations , political economy , sociology , politics , economics , management , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
As L atin A merican countries work toward leaving military regimes well behind, the current governing of defense in the hands of civilians unveils a series of challenges for democratically elected leaders. This article analyzes the case study of C hile's contemporary defense sector and its policymaking after three decades of evolving civil–military relations. The research focuses particularly on the E strategia N acional de S eguridad y D efensa ( ENSYD ), a government‐led policy program launched in 2013 that failed to achieve its goals and faced extensive opposition, for example, in its human security approach to understanding security threats. The article explores and builds on civil–military relations literature and suggests the governance of defense as a concept to study further the constant governing processes by which institutions assume different beliefs and interests in relation to how policies are planned and executed.