Material complementario para el "Seminario sobre grupos de presión y la seguridad social en América Latina", coordinado por Carmelo Mesa-Lago y organizado por el CIESS, llevado a cabo en México, D.F. en julio de 1975. Publicado en: Latin American Research Review, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1974), p. 81-108.

"Generally, the literature has attempted to interweave the military with its role as a subsystem in the larger political system, or it has centered upon the sociopolitical origins or institutional life style of the military establishment. Problematics confronting social scientists have concerned the rationale for military intervention in the political process, the motivational aspects and the divergent variables reflecting the possibilities for the future. The term 'military intervention' as used by most social scientists gives a false impression, for it implies that the military operates from outside the political system, when in fact it is recognized as a principal subsystem in most Latin American nations. Throughout this article, therefore, the term ‘military intervention’ is intended to connote an active involvement in the political process by the military establishment functioning from within the overall political system".

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