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Military sociology is a new discipline and approach that seeks a better integration of the military world into society, understanding that they are a fundamental part of the origin of society and the safeguard of the structures that are originating as the State begins to grow. It is also necessary to understand that the military world is born from the civilian world as one of the structures of society, called to protect the rest of it.

How can sociologists observe a war "in the making"? In issuing an "instant call for papers," the editors of Sociologica suggest three lines of research: the semantics and the symbolic representation of war (of any war, but especially of this war); how political, military, economic, and social options and alternatives enter and exit the realm of the possible in connection with shifts in war semantics; how our understanding of "the day after," that is of the future after the war is over, binds and even determines decisions in the present.

Item 378-H-1 ; S/N 008-020-00972-5 ; Bibliography: p. 99-103. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The author recommends the discipline of the Sociology of Knowledge as an educative underpinning to enhance reflexivity in military practice. The essay develops four postmodern propositions for designing reflexivity into military curricula:1. That military epistemology is an outgrowth of an historic socialization process;2. That using Searle's fact continuum, we can reveal the subjectivity of military knowledge by exposing the objectivation of socially constructed facts;3. That US military scientism is an ideology, hence, a potential social hazard for those who criticize scientism as the underlying logic of practice; and,4. Critical Military Epistemology (CME), based in the other three propositions, is one educative approach which will enhance reflexivity, providing a plurality of underlying logics of practice. The author offers recommendations for a CME approach, advocating a plurality of onto-epistemological assumptions, to include critically studying military history as a history of military sensemaking, exposing practitioners to the assumptions of SoK, reading the seminal work of Donald A. Schön, and applying CME to promote interdisciplinary awareness. The essay concludes that imbedding CME philosophy in curricula designs will enhance tacit knowledge, emancipatory thinking, reframing, and critical reflexivity in the pursuit of novel underlying logics of practice.

"This . selective bibliography was prepared for use at the Fifth Military History Symposium on 'The Military and Society', held at the United States Air Force Academy, 5-6 October 1972 ." ; Mode of access: Internet.

This brief essay places the work of Professor Siri Hettige in the context of understanding of social origins of health and disease. The origin of the term 'social medicine' dates to the French Revolution in 1848, which called for the medical profession to integrate knowledge in medical issues, population health, social factors and public policies. During this period, similar views were expressed elsewhere e.g. in Germany by Virchow's famous statement that "medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine on a grand scale". In the early 20th century, another wave of social medicine originated in South America, a key figure being Salvador Allende. As the Minister of Health, he introduced these concepts to model the health services in Chile and later elected as the President. He was assassinated in a CIA sponsored military coup in 1973. In contrast, the early British and US traditions focused on a model where priority was on applying sociology in relation to individual behaviors. It was later that social structural determinants of health and diseases were addressed e.g. the Black Report of 1980. The US followed different trends, attempting to integrate concepts of the two disciplines (i.e. sociology in medicine) and studying the sociology of medicine (e.g. explaining health-seeking behaviors) and more recently, social epidemiology and politics of health. Professor Hettige's extensive work covers almost all the above topics, trends and developments. His research publications and writings in the lay press have stimulated much discussion and contributed to sociopolitical changes in Sri Lanka. His name will be remembered as a pioneer in the field where sociology intersects with health in Sri Lanka and even in Asia.

Over the past decades, debates revolving around the role and challenges of military families have developed into an important subfield in military sociology. Throughout history, military families have played an important role for military forces, and in the post-World War II era, the role of the family has shifted as a consequence of military professionalization. Research on military families explores the different demands placed upon service members from both the military organization and the family. More recently, such research has studied how the inclusion of women and gender minorities, operational deployments, and broader societal changes transformed the composition, stakes, and challenges of military families and the traditional idea of the military spouse.

Enthält: 1) Dealing with uncertainty: american families in Europe (Charlene Lewis). 2) The quality of life in the Australian Defence Force (Nicholas A Jans). 3) Reality experiences in military families of the Bundeswehr (Georg Maria Meyer). 4) Relative deprivation and indian soldiers: some conceptual issues (Leena Parmar). 5) Armed forces and political change in Portugal, a brief survey and some conclusions of a research (Maria Carrilho). 6) The legitimation crisis of the italian military officer (Giuliano Savi, Maria R Zorino). 7) The spanish transition and national defence (Pere Vilanova). 8) Evolution of the values of the spanish military academy students (Carlos Gil Munoz). 9) Conscientious objection in Australia (Hugh Smith). 10) Conscientious objection in Switzerland (Ruth Meyer, Hans Jörg Schweizer). 11) Conscientious objection in Norway, what is the opinion of the people (Mauritz S Mortensen).

The purpose of the article is to acquaint with the history of military sociology and the peculiarities of its development in Armenia. Military sociology, which developed in connection with the need for theoretical and applied knowledge in the military field, occupies an important place among the sociological disciplines of the middle level. It develops theoretical and methodological concepts and approaches and expands the possibilities of their use. For a better understanding of the theoretical foundations of military sociology, the scope of research and its practical significance, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the scientific environment, prerequisites and reasons for the emergence, as well as the stages of development of military sociology in the country. ; Հոդվածում ներկայացվում են ռազմական սոցիոլոգիայի պատմությանը և դրա զարգացման առանձնահատկությունները Հայաստանում: Սոցիոլոգիական տեսությունների շարքում կարևոր տեղ է զբաղեցնում ռազմական սոցիոլոգիան, որը զարգացում ապրեց ռազմական ոլորտում տեսական և կիրառական գիտելիքների, ինչպես նաև մեթոդաբանական հասկացությունների, մոտեցումների մշակման և դրանց օգտագործման հնարավորությունների ընդլայնման անհրաժեշտությամբ պայմանավորված: Ռազմական սոցիոլոգիայի տեսական հիմքերը, ուսումնասիրության շրջանակը և դրա գործնական նշանակությունն ավելի լավ հասկանալու համար անհրաժեշտ է համակողմանի դիտարկել Հայաստանում ռազմական սոցիոլոգիայի ձևավորման գիտական միջավայրը, նախադրյալներն ու պատճառները, ինչպես նաև զարգացման փուլերը: ; Հոդվածում ներկայացվում են ռազմական սոցիոլոգիայի պատմությանը և դրա զարգացման առանձնահատկությունները Հայաստանում: Սոցիոլոգիական տեսությունների շարքում կարևոր տեղ է զբաղեցնում ռազմական սոցիոլոգիան, որը զարգացում ապրեց ռազմական ոլորտում տեսական և կիրառական գիտելիքների, ինչպես նաև մեթոդաբանական հասկացությունների, մոտեցումների մշակման և դրանց օգտագործման հնարավորությունների ընդլայնման անհրաժեշտությամբ պայմանավորված: Ռազմական սոցիոլոգիայի տեսական հիմքերը, ուսումնասիրության շրջանակը և դրա գործնական նշանակությունն ավելի լավ հասկանալու համար անհրաժեշտ է համակողմանի ...

Over the past decades, debates revolving around the role and challenges of military families have developed into an important subfield in military sociology. Throughout history, military families have played an important role for military forces, and in the post-World War II era, the role of the family has shifted as a consequence of military professionalization. Research on military families explores the different demands placed upon service members from both the military organization and the family. More recently, such research has studied how the inclusion of women and gender minorities, operational deployments, and broader societal changes transformed the composition, stakes, and challenges of military families and the traditional idea of the military spouse.

Papers of a conference sponsored by the Rand Corporation at Santa Monica, Calif., in August 1959. ; Bibliographical footnotes. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The legitimacy of the military is frequently overlooked in standard accounts of jus ad bellum. Accordingly, this paper considers how the military should be organized. It proposes a normative conception of legitimacy - the 'Moderate Instrumentalist Approach' - that outlines the qualities that a military should possess. It then assesses the three leading ways of organizing the military according to this approach: the use of private military and security companies (PMSCs), a conscripted force and the all-volunteer force (AVF). The paper argues that the AVF, despite some notable problems, is the most legitimate way of organizing the military. © The Author(s) 2011.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects the lives of 12 million people in the United States. While commonly thought of in relation to military personnel and veterans, PTSD is also common among the general public. Resilience - the ability to cope with stressful events - is essential for recovering from PTSD. This data slice uses data from the National Wellbeing Survey to examine resilience among U.S. working-age adults with and without PTSD by their relationship to the military. Results show that those with PTSD have less resilience than those who have not experienced PTSD. In addition, those with military experience are more resilient than those without military experience.

"Sponsored jointly by the Department of History and the Association of Graduates, United States Air Force Academy." ; Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Why does the military remain one of the most trusted institutions despite, in some cases, their history of violence, corporate abuses and bloody interventions to overthrow the state and punish parts of society? This article analyses the interaction between individual factors and support for the armed forces in Argentina, Brazil and Chile to understand current forms of opinion and trust-shifts in post-authoritarian societies. It explores whether in these three democracies, support for the military is explained by the extent to which citizens support other political institutions, democracy, partisan ideologies, and novel military missions, such as the armed forces combating crime. The empirical results suggest that trust in congress and the police are statistically significant factors explaining variance in the outcome in the three case studies. The findings then vary by country. Support for democracy is positively correlated with trust in the military in Brazil but negatively associated with confidence in the military in Chile, where support for military intervention when there are increasing levels of crime is also statistically significant with confidence in the armed forces. In both Brazil and Chile, individuals supporting the armed forces are more likely to support the military participating in countering crime. These findings have important implications for the study of military sociology and politics.