The Garrison State

The Garrison State

"The Garrison State" was a 1941 article in the "American Journal of Sociology" by political scientist and sociologist Harold Lasswell. It was a "developmental construct" that outlined the possibility of a political-military elite composed of "specialists in violence" in a modern state.

Lasswell was particularly influenced by the development of aerial warfare, especially as employed during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which he believed would lead to a "socialization of danger" throughout society.

External links

* [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/1320.ctl "The Garrison State" from University of Chicago Press]
* [http://www.jstor.org/view/00029602/dm992411/99p0671i/0 "The Garrison State" at JSTOR]


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