Armed forces and conflict resolution sociological perspectives

The study of armed forces and conflict resolution has undergone important developments at the turn of the millennium, driven by emerging events. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, the resurgence of nationalism and religious wars, ethnic cleansing, September Eleven, the War on Terr...

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Other Authors Caforio, Guiseppe, Kummel, Gerhard, Purkayastha, Bandana
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
SeriesContributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 7.
Subjects
Arms control.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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Table of Contents:
  • Afghanistan talks. Experiential isomorphism in the military / Joseph L. Soeters
  • Introduction / Gerhard Kmmel
  • European civilmilitary relations in transition : the decline of conscription / Karl W. Haltiner, Tibor Szvircsev Tresch
  • News from the home front : communities supporting military families / René Moelker, Gabriélla Poot, Manon Andres, Ljubica Jeluic, Jelena Juvan, Leena Parmar, Maren Tomforde
  • Attitudes and opportunities : self-selection and anticipatory socialization effects in youth perceptions of the military / Stephen C. Trainor
  • The military and civil society in Korea / Doo-Seung Hong
  • Military organization and asymmetric conflicts : changing approach / Eraldo Olivetta
  • Hidden agenda in Paraguay : the dilemma of external democratization through U.S. military co-operation / Anke Schnemann
  • Military and politics in south and central America : the self-perceptions of the armed forces in Latin America / Tony Krönert
  • Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio
  • -Language matters in the military / Andrea van Dijk, Joseph L. Soeters
  • Introduction / Bandana Purkayastha
  • The impact of counterterrorism and strain on Palestinian terrorism / Maya Beasley
  • Communal conflict, state failure, and peacebuilding : the case of Ambon, Indonesia / Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko
  • National business, civil war abatement and peacebuilding / Syed Mansoob Murshed
  • National youth service : an institution for building and sustaining peace / Donald J. Eberly
  • Building and sustaining the fabric of peace : notes from the field / Bandana Purkayastha
  • The impact of asymmetric warfare on the military profession and structure : lessons learned from the Ottoman military / A. Kadir Varoglu, Mesut Uyar
  • Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb : suicide attacks in asymmetric warfare / Gerhard Kmmel
  • The asymmetric warfare : in search of a symmetry / Giuseppe Caforio
  • -Use and impact of information-communication technology in modern conflict : the war in Iraq / Uro Svete
  • Terrorism and security in the caribbean before and after 9/11 / Dion E. Phillips
  • General Introduction / Giuseppe Caforio, Bandana Purkayastha, Gerhard Kmmel Editors.

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