Understanding the occurrence and nature of violence in the military entails appreciating military culture, the sociology and demographics of its personnel, military training, combat experiences, and injuries and illnesses that veterans suffer. The military is grounded in the principles and practice of conducting violent operations, and the psychology of violence fundamentally anchors its profes...

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 put extreme pressures on the relations between the American defense and decision-making apparatuses. While the military pushed for a military intervention, President Kennedy and his advisors wished to safeguard nonmilitary options. The tensions between the two systems can be analyzed in terms of communication systems with different rationalities: whereas the pol...

Title of thesis: DO LESBIANS IN THE MILITARY “PASS” AS HETEROSEXUAL? Kimberly Bridget Bonner, Master of Arts, 2010 Thesis directed by: Professor David R. Segal Department of Sociology This exploratory multiple-case case study investigates if lesbians in the military, past and present, manage to “pass” as heterosexual. This project is designed with the aim of enabling new questions about old pro...

We theorize about and test the effects of the military and education expansion as strategies of economic growth for developing countries, emphasizing these capital effects are conditioned by more global, or world-system processes. Early sociological theory neglects global forces but offers foundational themes that link social capital such as militarization and schooling to economic advance. The...