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Overview
Courses: Military Affairs |
This edition brings together military sociologists from eight countries to discuss and illustrate new directions for military sociology. As the roles and even the meaning of the armed forces are evolving rapidly, the authors present alternate ways of looking at key social issues and assumptions about armed forces and society. The chapters examine the foundations of military sociology and elucidate the potential contributions of interpretative sociology and allied approaches to the study of military affairs.
This collection is intended primarily for academic researchers and students of military affairs, in both civilian and military institutions. Researchers will find a wide array of tools and perspectives that can be used in dealing with the challenges that face the armed forces and society. The text offers several pedagological features such as learning objectives, key terms and concepts, study questions, and other resources that undergraduates, as well as graduate students and their teachers, will find most helpful.
Features:
Designed in an easy-to-access format to support learning and instruction, the 10 chapters in this book feature:
chapter learning objectives
box inserts that enhance key concepts
helpful weblinks for further reading and inquiry
review and discussion questions
key terms and concepts
engaging writting style places military sociology in a wider context of social forces
Preview Contents
CHAPTER 1 NEW DIRECTIONS IN MILITARY SOCIOLOGY (Click to download excerpt) ERIC OUELLET ................................................……............ 1
CHAPTER 2 FAVORING A SOCIETAL TURN IN MILITARY SOCIOLOGY FABIAN VIRCHOW ................................................……............. 37
CHAPTER 3 MILITARY SOCIOLOGY IN RUSSIA: ORIGINS, TRADITIONS AND PROSPECTS IGOR V. OBRAZTSOV .................................................. 61
CHAPTER 4 THE PROBLEM OF REALISM AND REALITY IN MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES ANNE IRWIN .............................................................. 93
CHAPTER 5 THE SPIRITUAL ARMAMENT OF THE GERMAN OFFICER CORPS ULRICH VOM HAGEN ................................................ 134
CHAPTER 6 NAVAL PROFESSION, CHIVALROUS CADETS, AND MILITARY UNIONS: THE FIGURATIONAL APPROACH TO MILITARY SOCIOLOGY RENÉ MOELKER ...................................................... 163
CHAPTER 7 ARMED FORCES, NATION, AND MILITARY OFFICERS: FRANCE AT THE CROSSROAD? CLAUDE WEBER ...................................................... 209
CHAPTER 8 RITUALIZATION OF EMOTIONS IN MILITARY ORGANIZATION LJUBICA JELUSIC ..................................................... 230
CHAPTER 9 DIVERGENCES IN TRADITIONAL AND NEW COMMUNICATION MEDIA USE AMONG ARMY FAMILIES MORTEN G. ENDER .................................................. 255
CHAPTER 10 THEORIZING THE EMBODIED VETERAN IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP PAUL HIGATE ........................................................... 296
Meet your Author
ERIC OUELLET is Director of Academics at the Canadian Forces College and Head of the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He teaches military sociology, leadership, and command. He has an undergraduate and Master's degree in political science from Université Laval (Quebec City) and a Ph.D. in sociology from York University (Toronto). He is presently researching the social construction of military facts and knowledge in digitized command centers.
