Transformative leadership: President Ricardo Lagos and democratic civilian control of armed forces in Chile (2000

Transformative leadership: President Ricardo Lagos and democratic civilian control of armed forces in Chile (2000–2006)

Published:2023-08-21 Issue:3 Volume:14 Page:408-421
ISSN:2041-7365
Container-title:Latin American Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:Latin American Policy

Author:

Avendaño Mireya Dávila¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universidad de Chile, Government Santiago de Chile Metropolitana Chile

Abstract

AbstractIn Chile, military subordination to civilians has been a difficult, gradual, and unaccomplished process. Using a qualitative approach, this case study analyzes how a head of state—President Ricardo Lagos (2000–2006)—introduced without constitutional prerogatives important changes in military subordination to civilian authorities. Based on political leadership studies and civil–military relations theory, we analyze the constitutional reforms that ended military presence in the Senate, and two policy changes—military acquisitions and human rights. We argue that President Lagos' transformation type of effective leadership made these changes possible.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/lamp.12307

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