UID:
almahu_9949434932302882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiv, 237 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781003282549
,
1003282547
,
9781000817348
,
1000817342
,
9781000817379
,
1000817377
Content:
"This textbook introduces the reader to the field of military sociology, through narrative reviews of selected key studies in the discipline. The book provides a guided introduction. In each chapter, the authors set the stage and then immerse the reader in Spotlights - i.e., descriptions of essential studies that inform the discipline of military sociology. The goal is to afford readers a ready pathway into how sociologists and social scientists have thought about and studied topics in the study of the military and war. Topics covered in the book include: - what is military sociology; what does it have to offer in understanding armed forces, wars, and societies? - what basic tools are needed to ply sociological, or more broadly, social science perspectives for studying war and the military? - what are the bio-social bases of war; what does the spectrum of such societally organized violence look like? - how do societies raise and maintain formal militaries; what are variations in their social composition and in the profiles of civil-military relations? - how and why is military organization and war changing so dramatically in the 21st century; what does the future hold? This book will be of great interest to students of military sociology, armed forces and society, peace studies and International Relations"--
Note:
The advent of a field -- Sociology and military sociology -- Biological and cultural bases of warfare -- The military as a bureaucracy and a profession -- Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines (and terrorists) : who fights and why they fight -- Race and ethnicity in society and the military -- Gender and sexuality in society and the military -- Spectrum of conflict : "big" wars -- Spectrum of conflict : "small" wars -- The spectrum of conflict : "new" wars -- Military families -- Veterans and veterans' issues -- Parting thoughts : what may lie ahead.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Scott, Wilbur J., 1946- Military sociology Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2023] ISBN 9781032252926
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003282549
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003282549
