demobilization

demobilize | American Dictionary

demobilize
verb[ I/T ]
us/diˈmoʊ·bəˌlɑɪz/(short formdemob, us/diˈmɑb/)
politics & government
to remove a soldier or soldiers from military service
politics & government
To demobilize can also mean to stop all military operations at the end of a war.

Examples of demobilize

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The unemployed workers' movement was largely demobilized in 1935.
Additionally, we take into account a fourth possible effect, namely that the electoral campaign can demobilize voters who initially had a particular voting intention.
To illustrate our approach, we examine the recent controversy over whether attack advertising demobilizes the electorate.
This approach suggests that campaign negativism stimulated (rather than demobilized) turnout in presidential elections from 1980 through 2000.
There were no social mechanisms for disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating combatants back into civil society.
By contrast, support for election losers and paying attention to campaign media when coverage is negative will tend to demobilize system support.
But if the results tend to cluster above or below 0, our results will provide evidence about whether attack advertising stimulates or demobilizes turnout.
Finally, the campaign may also demobilize citizens or fail to activate them.
These policies suffer from the fact that the benefactors of the programs are politically demobilized.
If the observed range centres around 0, we would conclude that negative advertising neither mobilizes nor demobilizes the electorate.
Thirdly, we apply our method to the current controversy over whether 'attack advertising' demobilizes the electorate.
After 1991, many of them were demobilized.
All else equal, the incumbent party is able to mobilize more supporters, relative to the non-incumbent party, in good economic times and more supporters are demobilized in adverse economic times.
In order to contribute towards a democratic theory, it is important to understand what aspects of campaigns have the potential to mobilize or demobilize regime support.
Many difficulties will have to be overcome before war-time restrictions can be demobilized and freer international trade built up.
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