Institutions and Armed Forces

Marcus Matthias Keupp ()
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Chapter Chapter 2 in Defense Economics, 2021, pp 23-65 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the age of nation states, the creation of any armed force is a political act. Prior to this age, private initiative spontaneously created armed forces to satisfy a short-term demand for military force and disbanded them once they had accomplished their mission. Today, those who have political power in the state create a (or maintain an existing) armed forces organization that exists as such. Without this institutional legitimization, armed forces could not emerge or continue to exist.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73815-0_2

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