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Author Soeters, Joseph

Title Sociology and Military Studies : Classical and Current Foundations
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (237 pages)
Series Cass Military Studies
Cass military studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; The bookâ#x80;#x99;s set-up; Bibliography; 1. Max Weber: Bureaucracy, leadership and military music; Bureaucracy; Authority and leadership; Music; Conclusion; Bibliography; 2. Emile Durkheim: The military group, culture and its consequences; Primary group; Military culture; Suicide; The comparative method; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3. Karl Marx: Critical analyses of society and the military; Military power elites; Military coups
Wartime inequalitiesPoor armies/rich armies; Commodification and alienation; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4. Georg Simmel: Networks, conflict, secrecy and the stranger; Positions and numbers in networks; Conflict; Secrecy, the military and intelligence; The stranger; Conclusion; Bibliography; 5. Jane Addams: From peace activism to pragmatic peacekeeping; From city improvements to peace activism; UN peacekeeping; Pragmatism and peacekeeping; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6. W.E.B. Du Bois: Race, diversity and inclusion, in society and the military; Du Bois on the military
Race relations in the US militaryMinority relations in other armed forces; The benefits of cultural diversity.; Faits divers; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7. Erving Goffman: Total institutions, interaction rituals, street-level bureaucrats; Admission to the military; Interaction rituals and language mediation; Street-level bureaucrats; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8. Michel Foucault: Discipline and surveillance in and by the military; Discipline, surveillance and the panopticon; Governmentality and international relations; Border management; Conclusion; Bibliography
9. Morris Janowitz: The professional soldier, civilâ#x80;#x93;military relations and the AVFThe professional soldier; Civilâ#x80;#x93;military relations, in the West and in developing nations; The all-volunteer force; Conclusion; Bibliography; 10. Norbert Elias: Decline of violence, habitus in combat, international relations; Civilization and the decline of violence; Habitus in combat; International relations; Conclusion; Bibliography; 11. Cornelis Lammers: Strikes and mutinies, occupational styles, and cooperation; Strikes and mutinies; Occupational and administrative styles; Isomorphism and cooperation
ConclusionBibliography; 12. Arlie Russell Hochschild: Emotions in organizations and in the military; Emotional work and management; Dealing with emotional labour in the military; After work: from â#x80;#x98;being coolâ#x80;#x99; to Post-Deployment Disorientation and PTSD; Conclusion; Bibliography; 13. Cynthia Enloe: Feminist views of the military and its surroundings; The militarization of womenâ#x80;#x99;s lives; Women inside the military; Faits divers; Conclusion; Bibliography; 14. Bruno Latour: Science and technology in society and the military; Technology and innovation in the military
Notes New stuff: things unmanned and things in cyberspace
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Subject Sociology, Military.
Sociology, Military
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351724272
1351724274