Finnish Military Officer Identities and Micro-Political Resistance

Empirical Determinants of Chief Political Officer Pay

Contrary to widespread assumptions, there is substantial variation, both across states and across time, in the salaries of politicians. In this paper, we examine the empirical determinants of Chief Political Officer (CPO) pay guided by the literature on executive compensation. Using data for 1950-94 for the US, and controlling for fixed effects, we find that gubernatorial wages respond to incre...

of Political and Military Sociology

Political Stability and Military Intervention in Egypt†

Policy choices in the wake of recent mass protests in Egypt will determine the likelihood of civil war in the short run and the prospects for democracy in the long run. Economic conditions can be improved by international action to reduce grain-based biofuel production and finance employment generation. Creating the conditions for stable democracy requires accepting power-sharing mechanisms in ...

The making of a manager: Evidence from military officer training

We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75 percent. Officer training also increases educational attainment post-military service. We argue that ...

Warfare, Political Identities, and Displacement in Spain and Colombia

This paper explores the causes of displacement during civil wars. Recent scholarship has shown that conventional civil wars – those in which forces are relatively balanced – and irregular civil wars – those in which one side is substantially stronger than the other – exhibit different patterns of violence. We hypothesize that, while the mode of violence differs, the form of displacement should ...