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The cultural gap between the military and the parent society : the German case / Sabine Collmer -- The cultural gap between the military and its parent society in Italy / Giuseppe Caforio -- The cultural gap between the military and the parent society in Romania / Marian Zulean -- The cultural gap between the military and the parent society in Slovenia / Maja Garb, Ljubica Jeluic -- The cultural gap between the military and the parent society in South Africa / Lindy Heinecken, Richard Gueli -- Spain : an equation with difficult solutions / Rafael Mart(c)Øinez, Antonio M. D(c)Øiaz -- Is there a cultural gap in civil-military relations in Sweden? / Alise Weibull -- Is there a cultural gap between the military and the parent society? : an analysis of Switzerland / Tibor Szvircsev Tresch, Dominik Allenspach, Michael Born, Karl W. Haltiner -- Women in an insecure world / Marie Vlachov(c)Øa -- Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio, Gerhard Kmmel -- Rape in war : realities and remedies / June A. Willenz -- Challenging psychosocial responses to female civilians in armed conflict / Pamela Bell -- Integrating the 'other' : the Bundeswehr and women soldiers / Gerhard K(c)·ummel -- Factors that limit the true integration of women at military academies / Heidi L. Smith, Christopher J. Luedtke -- Caring leadership : preparing leaders to care for soldiers and families / Todd Woodruff -- Multinationality as a challenge for armed forces / Paul Klein, Karl W. Haltiner -- Total force in Iraq : a failure of policy or implementation? / Roger Thompson -- Korean Reserve Forces : their mission reconsidered / Doo-Seung Hong -- Defence transformation as a Latin American phenomenon / Jaime Garcia Covarrubias -- 'Who wants to go again?' : motivation of German soldiers for and during peacekeeping missions / Maren Tomforde, J(c)·org Keller -- Motivation and job satisfaction of Slovenian soldiers and policemen in peace operations / Ljubica Jeluic, Maja Garb -- Motivation and mission satisfaction in the 5th SWISSCOY Contingent / Jonathan Bennett, Rolf P. Boesch, Karl W. Haltiner -- Independent representation in the British Army : has the time finally arrived? / Richard Bartle -- Freedom of association and the Canadian Forces : current status and future trends / Kelly Farley, Rick Walker, Harry Bondy, Dan Mendoza -- Military representation in the Italian armed forces in the turn from conscription to professional format / Eraldo Olivetta -- South Africa : ten years of military unionism / Lindy Heinecken -- Transitions to democracy in Latin America : basic lines / Jaime Garc(c)Øia Covarrubias -- Introduction / A. Kadir Varoglu -- The Turkish military ethos and its compatibility with the national Turkish culture / A. Kadir Varoglu, (c)·Unsal Sigri, Erbil Isin -- Opinions of civil society organisations on democracy and interventions of the military in Turkey / Bahattin Aksit, Ayse Serdar, Bahar Tabakoglu -- The Turkish Military Academy from a gender perspective / Ceyda Kuloglu -- A UN type conflict management : dilemmas of military observer missions in the example of UNOMIG / Mesut Uyar -- Through little steps : informal networks in peaceful conflict resolution / Bandana Purkayastha -- Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio -- Civil-military gap issues and dilemmas : a short review / Maja Garb -- Military expenditure and development / Manas Chatterji -- Cultural dimensions of civil-military relations in democratic society : the case of Bulgaria / Yantsislav Yanakiev. - Since the suicide terrorist attacks of September Eleven, security issues have become more prominent again. There is also an increased interest in the military, since the military was and still is seen as a major instrument in the so-called, 'war on terror'. The anthology focuses on the most recent developments in the military sphere and tries to assess the impact of September Eleven and the 'new military missions' on the armed forces in terms of, inter alia, conflict management capabilities, social and psychological developments inside military units, recruitment and civil-military relations of the armed forces in the wake of September 11th. The contributions to this anthology represent the most important and pertinent papers presented at an international meeting organized by the RC 01: Armed Forces & Conflict Resolution within the International Sociological Association (ISA) which took place in Ankara, Turkey, in July 2004.They focus on the most recent developments in the military sphere and try to assess the impact of September Eleven and the 'new military missions' on the armed forces in terms of, inter alia, conflict management capabilities, social and psychological developments inside military units, recruitment and civil-military relations. The book is composed by seven chapters. First comes a chapter devoted to conflict resolution. The second chapter deals with the international military activities and their impact on and consequences inside the military institution. The third chapter is devoted to presenting the first results of an empirical, cross-national research project on the divide between the armed forces and their parent societies and on the cultural dimensions of this gap. Families and women in war and in armed forces are the subject of the following chapter. The representation of the interest of military personnel on the agenda is dealt with in the fifth chapter.Several national case studies constitute the contents of the sixth chapter which is particularly focusing on third world countries. The last chapter entails papers which deal with Turkey and its armed forces in various ways. This series publishes both theoretical and empirical papers on conflict and peace related to economic, social and political development, primarily of the developing countries. The role of uneven distribution of resources, inequity in income distribution, social and political discrimination, poverty, and arms spending on conflict within and between countries is covered. The focus is on conflict and its management and possible resolution

From 1980 to 2002, two bloody wars and the possibility of a third have characterized the Persian Gulf region. Emerging from a series of meetings of the International Commission for Security and Co-operation in West Asia, this volume consists of contributions from scholars and diplomats searching for the peaceful settlement of regional disputes and the establishment of a durable security regime. Peace scholars from Iran, Iraq and Kuwait edit the volume - the three countries that were at war in 1980-88 and 1990-91

"Using case studies from the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Basin, this book examines the global trend of violence against religious places and figures. It also addresses the phenomenon of religion becoming a motive or justification for violence. The contributors find attacks on sacred places to be particularly damaging to peace and harmony in many Asian and Pacific societies because of the centrality of religion there. A diverse range of topics are covered, including an empirical exploration of the global trends of violence against sacred spaces; attacks against and policies toward holy sites in Israel and Palestine; the fate of Indian Islamic monuments after India gained independence in 1947; the Christian community's response to the increasing Islamization of Malaysia, and the future of communalism in Malaysia. Africa and Australia are also referenced in the work. The book's penultimate chapter argues that understanding the special role of sacred sites represents a crucial dimension to fully understanding Australia's history and culture. The book ends by recounting the experiences of JUST International, an organization campaigning for the protection of sacred spaces and religious institutions. Taken together, this volume explores the importance of protecting sacred spaces, holy symbols, and religious people as a crucial element in fostering peace in the world, and especially the Asia-Pacific region. The contributors argue that much violence in the world is rooted in politics of religious identity. Acting in the name of religion, violent perpetrators frequently target religious institutions and symbols, which usually generates further deadly conflicts"--Provided by publisher

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