Handbook of the sociology of the military / edited by Giuseppe Caforio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caforio, Giuseppe.

Series:

Handbooks of sociology and social research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Military--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Sociology, Military.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

ix, 498 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

This accessible handbook is the first of its kind to examine the sociological approach to the study of the military. The contents are compiled from the work of researchers at universities around the world, as well as military officers devoted to the sector of study. Beginning with a review of studies prior to contemporary research, the book provides a comprehensive survey of the topic. The scope of coverage extends to civic-military relations, including issues surrounding democratic control of the armed forces; military culture; professional training; conditions and problems of minorities in the armed forces; an examination of structural change within the military over the years including new duties and functions following the Cold War.

Contents:

2. Some Historical Notes / Giuseppe Caforio 7

3. Social Research and the Military: A Cross-National Expert Survey / Giuseppe Caforio, Marina Nuciari 27

II. Theoretical and Methodological Orientations

4. Models and Explanations for Military Organization: An Updated Reconsideration / Marina Nuciari 61

5. The Order of Violence: Norms, Rules, and Taboos of Organized Violence and the De-legitimization of the Military / Wilfried von Bredow 87

6. The Military and the Use of Force: Corporate Interests and War / Thomas Lindemann, Michel Louis Martin 99

7. Military Mobilization in Modern Western Societies / James Burk 111

III. Armed Forces and Society

8. Civil-Military Relations / Vladimir O. Rukavishnikov, Michael Pugh 131

9. Democratic Control of Armed Forces: Relevance, Issues, and Research Agenda / Hans Born 151

10. The Military as a Tribe among Tribes: Postmodern Armed Forces and Civil

Military Relations? / Bernard Boene 167

11. Soldiers and Governments in Postpraetorian Africa: Cases in the Francophone Area / Michel Louis Martin 187

12. Military Families and the Armed Forces: A Two-Sided Affair? / Rene Moelker, Irene van der Kloet 201

13. Implications for Military Families of Changes in the Armed Forces of the United States / Mady Wechsler Segal, David R. Segal 225

IV. Inside the Military

14. Military Culture / Joseph L. Soeters, Donna J. Winslow, Alise Weibull 237

15. Military Officer Education / Giuseppe Caforio 255

16. Women in the Military: Sociological Arguments for Integration / Marina Nuciari 279

17. Diversity in the Armed Forces / Donna J. Winslow, Lindy Heinecken, Joseph L. Soeters 299

18. Unionization of the Military: Representation of the Interests of Military Personnel / Giuseppe Caforio 311

V. Trends in the Military: Conversion and Restructuring

19. Restructuring of the Armed Forces / Philippe Manigart 323

20. Conversion of the Military: Resource-Reuse Perspective after the End of the Cold War / Ljubica Jelusic 345

21. The Decline of the European Mass Armies / Karl W. Haltiner 361

22. Technology, Organization, and Power / Rene Moelker 385

VI. New Missions

23. Building Flexible Forces for the 21st Century: Key Challenges for the Contemporary Armed Services / Christopher Dandeker 405

24. A Soldier Is a Soldier Is a Soldier!? The Military and Its Soldiers in an Era of Globalization / Gerhard Kummel 417

25. Conclusion: Themes and Issues of the Sociology of the Military / Giuseppe Caforio 437.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-485) and index.

ISBN:

0306472953

OCLC:

50251992