{"product_id":"military-sociology-a-guided-introduction-9781032252926","title":"Military Sociology: A Guided Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilbur J. Scott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook introduces the reader to the field of military sociology through narrative reviews of selected key studies in the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a \u003cem\u003eguided introduction\u003c\/em\u003e. In each chapter, the authors set the stage and then immerse the reader in Spotlights - that is, descriptions of essential studies that inform the discipline of military sociology. The goal is to afford readers a ready pathway into how sociologists and social scientists have thought about topics in the study of the military and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics covered in the book include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is \u003cem\u003emilitary sociology\u003c\/em\u003e? What does it have to offer in understanding armed forces, wars, and societies?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat basic tools are needed to ply \u003ci\u003esociological\u003c\/i\u003e, or more broadly, \u003ci\u003esocial science\u003c\/i\u003e perspectives for studying war and the military?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the bio-social bases of war? What does the spectrum of such societally organized violence look like?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do societies raise and maintain formal militaries? What are variations in their social composition and in the profiles of civil-military relations?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow and why is military organization and war changing so dramatically in the 21st-century? What does the future hold?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students of military sociology, the armed forces and society, peace studies, and International Relations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45242219823255,"sku":"9781032252926","price":11844.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032252926.webp?v=1769231466","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/military-sociology-a-guided-introduction-9781032252926","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}