Handbook of the Sociology of the Military [Hardcover]

This new edition of the volume is presented on the wave of the success which had its first edition (2003). It is entirely updated to the current situation of the disciplines covered, and expanded with particular regard to the new missions, that have become the main challenge for the armed forces in these first decades of the new millennium, with new insights to technological development toward so-called cyborg warriors, new forms of leadership and changes in soldier's identity and organisational culture. It is compiled of documents coming from various researchers at universities around the world as well as military officers devoted to the sector of study. Covered in this volume is a historical excursus of studies prior to contemporary research, interpretive models and theoretical approaches developed specifically for this topic, 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 the structural change within the military over the years including new duties and functions following the Cold War.?Chapter 1. Introduction; Giuseppe Caforio.- Chapter 2. Some Historical Notes; Giuseppe Caforio and Doo-Seung Hong.- Chapter 3. The Study of the Military: Models for the Military Profession; Marina Nuciari.- Chapter 4. Comparative Systems of Analysis: Military Sociology in the United States and Europe; Tyler Crabb and David R. Segal.- Chapter 5. The Order of Violence: Norms and Rules of Organized Violence and the Civil-military Paradox; Wilfried Von Bredow.- Chapter 6. Military Mobilization in Modern Western Societies; James Burk.- Chapter 7. Civil-Military Relations;?Vladimir O. Rukavishnikov and Michael Pugh.- Chapter 8. Public Trust in the Military from Global, Regional and National Perspectives;?Marjan Maleai1 and?Maja Garb.- Chapter 9. Democratic Control of the Military; David Kuehn.- Chapter 10. The Military as a TlÃ#