Orlando J Pérez
Orlando J. Pérez Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas at Dallas. His teaching and research interests include comparative politics, Latin American politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, civil-military relations, public opinion and empirical democratic theory. He has carried out field research in Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Venezuela. As a consultant, he has worked on public opinion surveys, democratization, civil-military relations, and anti-corruption issues for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN Development Program. He is a recipient of a grant from the United States Institute of Peace for his project studying the transformation of civil-military relations in post-authoritarian Central America. He is the author of Civil-Military Relations in Post-Conflict Societies: Transforming the Role of the Military in Central America (Routledge, 2015); The Historical Dictionary of El Salvador (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); Political Culture in Panama: Democracy after Invasion (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011). He is co-editor (with Richard Millett and Jennifer Holmes) of Latin American Democracy: Emerging Reality or Endangered Species? (Routledge, 2009; second edition 2015), and editor of Post-Invasion Panama: The Challenges of Democratization in the New World Order (Lexington Books, 2000). His other publications include, “U.S. Security Policy and U.S.-Venezuela Relations,” In Addicted to Failure. US Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region, (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006); “La Transformación de las Relaciones Civiles - Militares en Centroamérica,” (with Ricardo Córdova Macías), In Las relaciones civiles militares en el mundo Iberoamericano, (Madrid, España 2005); “La agenda de seguridad en Centroamérica hacia el siglo XXI,” (with Ricardo Córdova Macias), In El Rompecabezas: Conformando la seguridad hemisférica en el siglo XXI, (Buenos Aires, 2006); and “El neomilitarismo latinoamericano y su desafió a la democracia liberal”, In Militares y Civiles: Balance y perspectivas de las relaciones civiles-militares venezolanas en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, (Caracas, 2001). He has published articles in the Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Hemisphere, South Eastern Latin Americanist, Political Science Quarterly, and Journal of Political and Military Sociology. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He is country-expert and author of the national reports for Honduras and Panama for the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University.
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Address: Dean
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University of North Texas at Dallas
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Dallas, TX 75241-4605
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State capacity is multidimensional, with all elements interacting to produce stable governance and security. As such, a collection of scholars and practitioners use an explicit interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the contributions of history, political science, economics, public policy, military studies, and other fields to gain a rounded understanding of the link between security and democracy.
Hundreds of military coups have been carried out on various continents since the beginning of the 20th century. Quite a few more have failed. Even in those countries with stable political systems but at the same time having powerful armed forces, no serious politician can ignore the corporate interests of the military. Many international problems and conflicts in our “civilized times” are examined, if not through the sights of modern arms but paying due regard for military – political realities. Armies should obey the laws of civil society. But the civil society must be mature, stable and democratic to really integrate the armed forces into its own structures.
The twenty-one original articles presented here serve to enlarge the comprehension of a very complicated problem – the armies’ role in politics. In a number of articles, at first glance not dealing with the general issue of the book, are analyzed the tendencies of global and regional developments. Without taking them into account it is hardly possible to understand the great potentialities of the army and its undoubted limited political role.
The authors of this volume are scholars from thirteen countries of South and North America, Europe and Asia. Among them are ten leaders of national academic institutes and centers, academicians, as well as members and leaders of international scholarly associations.
All that glistens is not gold. And it is not the brilliancy of scientific degrees and titles of the contributors but the significance of their new ideas, which makes the book a sparkling addition to our knowledge. The authors present a panorama of such complexity and vitality that the history of different countries becomes clearer, more meaningful and more striking than anything the reader has heretofore imagined.
In Latin American Democracy contributors – both academics and practitioners, North Americans and Latin Americans – explore and assess the state of democratic consolidation in Latin America by focusing on the specific issues and challenges confronting democratic governance in the region.
Papers by Orlando J Pérez
State capacity is multidimensional, with all elements interacting to produce stable governance and security. As such, a collection of scholars and practitioners use an explicit interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the contributions of history, political science, economics, public policy, military studies, and other fields to gain a rounded understanding of the link between security and democracy.
Hundreds of military coups have been carried out on various continents since the beginning of the 20th century. Quite a few more have failed. Even in those countries with stable political systems but at the same time having powerful armed forces, no serious politician can ignore the corporate interests of the military. Many international problems and conflicts in our “civilized times” are examined, if not through the sights of modern arms but paying due regard for military – political realities. Armies should obey the laws of civil society. But the civil society must be mature, stable and democratic to really integrate the armed forces into its own structures.
The twenty-one original articles presented here serve to enlarge the comprehension of a very complicated problem – the armies’ role in politics. In a number of articles, at first glance not dealing with the general issue of the book, are analyzed the tendencies of global and regional developments. Without taking them into account it is hardly possible to understand the great potentialities of the army and its undoubted limited political role.
The authors of this volume are scholars from thirteen countries of South and North America, Europe and Asia. Among them are ten leaders of national academic institutes and centers, academicians, as well as members and leaders of international scholarly associations.
All that glistens is not gold. And it is not the brilliancy of scientific degrees and titles of the contributors but the significance of their new ideas, which makes the book a sparkling addition to our knowledge. The authors present a panorama of such complexity and vitality that the history of different countries becomes clearer, more meaningful and more striking than anything the reader has heretofore imagined.
In Latin American Democracy contributors – both academics and practitioners, North Americans and Latin Americans – explore and assess the state of democratic consolidation in Latin America by focusing on the specific issues and challenges confronting democratic governance in the region.