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Author: Joseph L. Soeters
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-01-24
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1134164963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the different ways in which armed forces around the world respond to the cultural diversity of their parent societies, ethnicity and gender in particular, in order to enhance their quality and legitimacy.
Author: Combat Studies Institute Press
Publisher:
Published: 2019-07-08
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781079221022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConducting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and projecting United States (US) influence worldwide has meant an increasing number of US diplomats and military forces are assigned to locations around the world, some of which have not previously had a significant US presence. In the current security environment, understanding foreign cultures and societies has become a national priority. Cultural understanding is necessary both to defeat adversaries and to work successfully with allies.
Author: Frank Conrad Pinch
Publisher: Canadian Forces Leadership Institute,Canadian Defence Academy
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780662399964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David E. Rohall
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-08-04
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1498560849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe U.S. military can be thought of as a microcosm of American society, bringing in people from diverse backgrounds and history to defend one nation. Military leaders must address the same issues and concerns as those found in the civilian world, including exclusion, segregation, and discrimination. In some cases, the military has led the nation by creating policies of inclusion before civilian laws required them to do so. In other causes, the military has lagged behind the larger society. The goal of this book is to provide an overview of the ways in which diversity has been addressed in the military by providing information about particular forms of diversity including race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. Subject matter experts provide their insights into the roles that each of these groups have played in the U.S. armed services as well as the laws, rules, and regulations regarding their participation. Ultimately, the authors utilize this information as a way to better understand military diversity and the unique ways that individuals incorporate the military into their sense identity.
Author: Risa Brooks
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007-04-09
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780804768092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCreating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power, which focus on material and basic resources—such as the size of populations, technological and industrial base, and GNP—this volume takes a more expansive view. The study's overarching argument is that states' global environments and the particularities of their cultures, social structures, and political institutions often affect how they organize and prepare for war, and ultimately impact their effectiveness in battle. The creation of military power is only partially dependent on states' basic material and human assets. Wealth, technology, and human capital certainly matter for a country's ability to create military power, but equally important are the ways a state uses those resources, and this often depends on the political and social environment in which military activity takes place.
Author: Aurel Croissant
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2024-04-12
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1800889844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together leading scholars from across the world, this comprehensive Research Handbook analyses key problems, subjects, regions, and countries in civil-military relations. Showcasing cutting-edge research developments, it illustrates the deeply complex nature of the field and analyses important topics in need of renewed consideration.
Author: Giuseppe Caforio
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-05-19
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 3319716026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Mahir Ibrahimov
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781940804316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rachel Woodward
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-06-27
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 1137516771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple ways in which gender and militaries connect. International and multi-disciplinary in scope, this edited volume provides authoritative accounts of the many intersections through which militaries issues and military forces are shaped by gender. The chapters provide detailed accounts of key issues, informed by examples from original research in a wealth of different national contexts. This Handbook includes coverage of conceptual approaches to the study of gender and militaries, gender and the organisation of state military forces, gender as it pertains to military forces in action, transitions and transgressions within militaries, gender and non-state military forces, and gender in representations of military personnel and practices. With contributions from a range of both established and early career scholars, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military is an essential guide to current debates on gender and contemporary military issues.
