Civil-Military Relations and militarization in El Salvador

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dc.contributor.advisorBruneau, Thomas C.
dc.contributor.authorRittermann, Stephen D.
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairsen_US
dc.contributor.secondreaderBerger, Marcos
dc.dateMarch 2015
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-06T19:17:55Z
dc.date.available2015-05-06T19:17:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes the state of Civil-Military Relations and militarization in El Salvador under the leadership of President Mauricio Funes (2009–2014). Civil-Military Relations are examined using the Center for Civil-Military Relations trinity framework—first proposed by Thomas C. Bruneau in the journal Revista Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad in 2005—which considers effectiveness, efficiency, and democratic civilian control. Militarization is presented in terms of Salvadoran troops in the streets. This thesis presents the linkage of these two phenomena as domestic security policy formation and implementation. The analysis demonstrates that informal Civil-Military Relations have resulted in a largely undemocratic response to El Salvador’s sizeable security challenges. Two cases, in particular, are studied more closely: 1) President Funes’ unique relationship with General David Munguía Payés and 2) the government’s secret design of the 2012 gang truce. This thesis concludes that security policy formation under the Funes administration was haphazardly conducted as an expedient to El Salvador’s security dilemma and resulted in at least a partial democratic breakdown in the processes envisioned by the 1992 peace accords.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant Commander, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/civilmilitaryrel1094545243
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/45243
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorEl Salvadoren_US
dc.subject.authormilitarizationen_US
dc.subject.authorCivil-Military Relationsen_US
dc.subject.authorMauricio Funesen_US
dc.subject.authorSalvador Cerénen_US
dc.subject.authorDavid Munguía Payésen_US
dc.subject.authorFMLNen_US
dc.subject.authorgang truceen_US
dc.subject.authormarasen_US
dc.titleCivil-Military Relations and militarization in El Salvadoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Western Hemisphere)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts in Security Studies (Western Hemisphere)en_US
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