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• Title: Toward a Reclassification of Praetorian Rulers: Lessons from the Pakistani Experience (Celebrating CHANGE, DEFINING THE FUTURE: SOCIAL JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY AND CULTURAL Renewal) (Report)
• Author : Journal of Third World Studies
• Release Date : January 22, 2010
• Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 347 KB

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INTRODUCTION In his book, Soldiers in Politics, Eric Nordlinger presents a tripartite classification of military political interveners, based on the extent of power exercised by the interveners and on the type of goals pursued. At the lowest level of intervention are the "Praetorian Moderators," who are described as reluctant to take direct control of the government except in some circumstances when they will carry out "a displacement coup," replacing one civilian government with a more acceptable alternative. Otherwise, they act as a domestic pressure group, exercising a veto over governmental decisions in order to maintain the status quo. (1) At the next level of intervention are the "Praetorian Guardians," who share the conservative orientation of the Moderators but are more willing to take control of the government "usually for a period of two to four years" in order to preserve the status quo and to excise the system of corruption and inefficiency. (2)

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