Advances in military sociology essays in honor of Charles C. Moskos /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Caforio, Guiseppe
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
• Σειρά: Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 12, pt. 1.
• Θέματα: Social Science > General.; Political Science > Peace.; History > Military > General.; Cultural studies.; Communication studies.; Military history.; Peace.

 There could be no better homage to recently deceased sociologist Charles C. Moskos than dedicating to him this selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers an up-to-date view of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change that renders many preceding theoretical previsions obsolete. Just to cite two aspects of this change, one can point first of all to how the presented studies move beyond the very concept of globalization, after which the conference had been named. It in fact emerged with clarity that the new dimensions of the context in which militaries and military policy must move are those of a constant, diffuse interaction of the 'local' and the 'global', so-called globalization. A second aspect, in the international area, is the shift towards a multipolar global order with the United States, the European Union, China, Russia, Latin America, Japan and India all manoeuvring for position, a shift that has significant consequences on military action as well. 

 Charles C. Moskos (1934-2008) / Laura Miller -- The glocalization of bereavement : bereaved families, economic discourse and the hierarchy of Israeli casualties / Udi Lebel -- Cultural and political challenges in military missions : how officers view multiculturality in armed forces / Tibor Szvircsev Tresch -- Latin America in peacekeeping operations : a sociopolitical overview / Marina Malamud Feinsilber -- Polish military forces in peacekeeping missions and military operations other than war : experiences after 2000 / Marcin Sinczuch, Marian Kloczkowski, Mariusz Wachowicz -- South Korean experiences in peacekeeping and plan for the future / Kyudok Hong -- Hungarian experiences from peacekeeping in Afghanistan / Zoltan Laszlo Kiss -- Greece's contribution to the Korean War (1950-1955) / Dimitrios Smokovitis -- ESDP and Russia : a decade of unfulfilled promise / Sandra Fernandes -- Asymmetric warfare : an introduction / Giuseppe Caforio -- Expeditionary military networks and asymmetric warfare / Paul C. van Fenema -- Payday in the Afghan National Army : from western administrative liabilities to local realities / Christiaan Davids, Joseph Soeters -- New wine, new bottles, or both? Social science contributions to thinking about and reorganizing for irregular warfare / Wilbur J. Scott, George R. Mastroianni, David R. McCone -- Interaction rituals and language mediation during peace missions : experiences from Afghanistan / Iris Hoedemaekers, Joseph Soeters -- New ways of military thinking and acting for a better world : new models preparing forces to master unavoidable transitions / Hermann Jung -- The asymmetric answers (with the focus on Russia's rhetoric and actions) / Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- The symmetries of asymmetry : myths surrounding the notion of asymmetric war / Antulio J. Echevarria -- Many views on peace / Bandana Purkayastha -- Soldiers and scholars in a world of growing interdependence / John Allen Williams -- Conflict, peacemaking and the dynamics of humiliation / Dennis Smith -- Lloyd J. Dumas / The military role in the amnesty, reconciliation, and reintegration (AR2) process : an expanded framework analysis -- Michael W. Mosser / Introduction -- Giuseppe Caforio.