La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022
The evolution of the doctrine of national defense in the Venezuelan Armed Forces has been reconstructed, from 1958 to 2022, based on the examination of works of political history, testimonies of those involved and State publications : Constitution, laws and decrees. The objective is to present the e...
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| description | The evolution of the doctrine of national defense in the Venezuelan Armed Forces has been reconstructed, from 1958 to 2022, based on the examination of works of political history, testimonies of those involved and State publications : Constitution, laws and decrees. The objective is to present the evolution of national defense as an institution that serves as a normative orientation for the actors of the Venezuelan political order, leading to a praetorian practice at the beginning of the 21st century. The study makes three contributions to the understanding of contemporary Venezuela : first, it highlights praetorianism as an institution of the Venezuelan political system. Second, it shows that praetorianism is predominant or subordinate in relation to other institutions depending on the historical moment studied. Finally, the changes in the doctrine of national defense show that the return of military control over the State does not only respond to pragmatic interests such as power and economic privileges ; it must also consider political ideals as a group, highlighting the importance of the normative dimension in collective life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d38a444c4eb84c629fd43cdbf74b4f302024-02-15T13:54:21ZengInstitut des AmériquesIdeAs1950-57012010.4000/ideas.13224La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022Andrés ZambranoThe evolution of the doctrine of national defense in the Venezuelan Armed Forces has been reconstructed, from 1958 to 2022, based on the examination of works of political history, testimonies of those involved and State publications : Constitution, laws and decrees. The objective is to present the evolution of national defense as an institution that serves as a normative orientation for the actors of the Venezuelan political order, leading to a praetorian practice at the beginning of the 21st century. The study makes three contributions to the understanding of contemporary Venezuela : first, it highlights praetorianism as an institution of the Venezuelan political system. Second, it shows that praetorianism is predominant or subordinate in relation to other institutions depending on the historical moment studied. Finally, the changes in the doctrine of national defense show that the return of military control over the State does not only respond to pragmatic interests such as power and economic privileges ; it must also consider political ideals as a group, highlighting the importance of the normative dimension in collective life.https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/13224Venezuelanational defensepolitical idealsmilitarismnational development |
| spellingShingle | Andrés Zambrano La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 IdeAs Venezuela national defense political ideals militarism national development |
| title | La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 |
| title_full | La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 |
| title_fullStr | La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 |
| title_short | La défense nationale comme justification de l’action politique. Le prétorianisme au Venezuela 1958-2022 |
| title_sort | la defense nationale comme justification de l action politique le pretorianisme au venezuela 1958 2022 |
| topic | Venezuela national defense political ideals militarism national development |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/13224 |
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