Advances in military sociology : essays in honor of Charles C. Moskos / edited by Giuseppe Caforio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caforio, Guiseppe.

Series:

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 12, pt. 2.

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development, 1572-8323 ; v. 12, pt. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (595 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There could be no better homage to recently deceased sociologist Charles C. Moskos than dedicating to him this selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers an up-to-date view of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change that renders many preceding theoretical previsions obsolete. Just to cite two aspects of this change, one can point first of all to how the presented studies move beyond the very concept of globalization, after which the conference had been named. It in fact emerged with clarity that the new dimensions of the context in which militaries and military policy must move are those of a constant, diffuse interaction of the 'local' and the 'global', so-called globalization. A second aspect, in the international area, is the shift towards a multipolar global order with the United States, the European Union, China, Russia, Latin America, Japan and India all manoeuvring for position, a shift that has significant consequences on military action as well.

Contents:

Institutionalising European defence : main trends in European public perceptions in the age of the global war on terror / Yantsislav Yanakiev

Between alliance and home front considerations : the German armed forces and security-related opinion polls / Sabine Collmer

Managing diversity in all-volunteer forces : theoretical perspectives, institutional assessment and policy implications / Yantsislav Yanakiev

Women in conflictual situations in the war-torn Darfur, Sudan : an exposition / Oluyemi O. Fayomi

Gender integration policies in the armed forces : a double-edged sword? / Helena Carreiras

Women in the military profession : the Greek case / L. Nicolaou-Smokoviti

Thirty years of gender integration : cadet perceptions of women at the U.S. Air force academy / David R. McCone, Wilbur J. Scott

Parents voice : the intergenerational relationship, worry, appraisal of the deployment, and support among parents of deployed personnel / Manon Andres, René Moelker

Military families and deployments abroad in Italy. In search of adequate answers for a new issue / Marina Nuciari, Guido Sertorio

Pakistani military's role in the Asian context / Riaz Ahmed Shaikh

End of conscription and problems of manning : the case of Slovenian Armed Forces / Uro Svete, Ljubica Jeluic

Military educational institutions and their role in the reproduction of inequality in the Philippines / Leslie V. Advincula-Lopez

A basis of Mongolian defense policy and armed forces for self-defense / Turtogtoh Janar

Foreign aid, war/military, and state building of cold war Taiwan : in search of a theoretical and comparative framework / Yu-Wen Fan

From military professionalism to coup d'etat : concordance theory in India and Pakistan / Rebecca L. Schiff

Whose job, what job? Security sector performance in a local Communist frontline in central Philippines / Rosalie Arcala Hall

EU harmonisation reforms, democratisation and a new modality of civil-military relations in Turkey / Nilufer Narli

The convergence and divergence in perceptions of security issues By military professionals and civilians in South Korea / Doo-Seung Hong, Chon-Hwan Chong

Civilmilitary relations of modern Korea : from a patriarchal army to a professional army / Mahn-Geum Ohn

Civilmilitary relations of Korea in the 21st Century / Byeong Jo Kim

General conscription in Finland after 2008 : some reasons behind Finland's population's and conscripts attitudes towards general conscription / Olli Harinen, Jukka Leskinen

Demilitarizing politics in South Korea : toward a positive consolidation of civilian supremacy / Il Joon Chung

Changes in military profession in Latin American countries / Omar Gutiérrez

Slovene public opinion about security issues : a coincidence or a consistent pattern? / Marjan Maleic, Vinko Vegic

Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786612500046

9781282500044

128250004X

9781848558939

1848558937

OCLC:

607301870