Journal of Political & Military Sociology
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<p>The <em>Journal of Political & Military Sociology </em>publishes articles of a theoretical, methodological, and empirical nature, advancing the study of political and military sociology through interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. The journal encourages authors to address themselves to the vital issues of our time in the areas of political and military social policy through the Western and non-Western worlds.</p>University of Florida Pressen-USJournal of Political & Military Sociology0047-2697Notes on Contributors
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<p>Notes on contributors to the <em>Journal of Political & Military Sociology </em>Volume 50, Number 1.</p>Editors
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2023-09-072023-09-07501119–120119–120Military Service and American Democracy: From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by William A. Taylor
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<p>Review of:<em> Military Service and American Democracy: From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars</em> by William A. Taylor. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2016. (282 pages)</p>Ryan Hill
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2023-09-072023-09-07501108–110108–110Party, Politics, and the Post-9/ 11 Army by Heidi A. Urben
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<p>Review of: <em>Party, Politics, and the Post-9/11 Army</em> by Heidi A. Urben. New York: Cambria Press, 2021. (300 pages)</p>Morten Brænder
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2023-09-072023-09-07501110–113110–113Teaching and Learning the West Point Way: Educating the Next Generation of Leaders, edited by Morten G. Ender, Raymond A. Kimball, Rachel M. Sondheimer, Jakob C. Bruhl
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<p>Review of: <em>Teaching and Learning the West Point Way: Educating the Next Generation of Leaders</em>, edited by Morten G. Ender, Raymond A. Kimball, Rachel M. Sondheimer, and Jakob C. Bruhl. London: Routledge, 2021. (352 pages)</p>Olenda Johnson
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2023-09-072023-09-07501113–116113–116The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research since the Arab Uprisings, edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom
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<p>Review of: <em>The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research since the Arab Uprisings</em>T, edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. (320 pages)</p>Sarah Brosio
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2023-09-072023-09-07501116–118116–118"Standing against a State Requires the State"
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<p>This article explores “revolutionary etatization,” defined as the process of revolutionary organizations evolving into embryonic proto-states even before they have seized power. The article focuses on the period between the end of World War I and the present day. While the situation of inescapable violent competition (Tilly) represents the Darwinian driver of the process, we need the ideological<br>and strategic dimensions to account for the variety of revolutionary proto-states. Embryonic revolutionary states come in two main types: the multi-department civil-administration apparatus, and the agglomerate of organs of popular representation, corresponding, respectively, to “constructive” and “co-optive” modes of state formation. Revolutionary etatization is a universal experience holding true not only for rural guerrillas controlling “liberated territories” but also for urban guerrillas and urban insurrectionists.</p>Erik van Ree
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2023-09-072023-09-075011–311–3110.5744/jpms.2023.1001The Social Construction of the Ocean, Sea Power, and Maritime Transformation
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<p>This review article elucidates concepts related to sea power, the social construction of the ocean, and maritime transformation. It begins with Mahan’s and Mackinder’s classic understanding of sea power, arguably the source of all traditional perspectives on the subject. Although this article accepts Till’s definition of sea power, it maintains that conventional wisdom does not offer a clear distinction between sea power as “a means of social power” and sea power as “states with powerful navies.” Furthermore, this article discusses Lambert’s conception of seapower identity, contending that his perspectives on seapower-state establishment are not based on relationships between the state, military, and the oceans. Lambert’s analysis of seapower states focuses on the activities that people engage in on land for seapower identity. His account suggests that maritime transformation could only occur in cases in which sea states transform into seapower states. However, this article claims that Steinberg’s concepts and theory of the social construction of the ocean provide a useful approach to examining the maritime transformation required for a transition from tellurocracy to thalassocracy.</p>Kuang-hao Hou
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2023-09-072023-09-0750132–5532–5510.5744/jpms.2023.1002Serving with Transgender Service Members
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<p>Several studies focusing on public attitudes toward transgender people have been conducted, but there has been minimal research on how heteronormativity might influence military-affiliated respondents’ attitudes toward transgender service members. In this qualitative study, seven United States veterans participated in phone interviews from July 2020 to January 2021, in which they shared their thoughts about working with transgender service members. Findings also included their opinions regarding transgender service as it relates to unit cohesion, military effectiveness, and national security. Overall, this study uniquely contributes to the scholarly literature by providing a firsthand account of transgender military service from the service members themselves. The findings also lay the groundwork for future and more extensive studies related to the current integration of transgender service members as they work<br>alongside their cisgender colleagues.</p>Michelle Dietert
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2023-09-072023-09-0750156–7756–7710.5744/jpms.2023.1003Draft Evasion Policy in the Republic of Cyprus
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<p>This article views military service through the lenses of legal and gender approaches. With the reinstatement of compulsory military service being debated in many Western countries, the factors contributing to draft evasion are relevant. This article explores policy aiming to address draft evasion through a case study of post-EU-accession Cyprus. It shows that in Cyprus, policy attempts to reinvigorate military values are flawed. Draft evasion points to social, political, and economic developments that call for the military ideology of the armed forces to be redesigned to render a fairer institution toward conscript soldiers. When the draft evasion phenomenon becomes intensified, armies should consider a fairer form of military service, such as “giving back” to soldiers for the time spent in the army through the development of skills and educational and professional qualifications.</p>Stratis Efthymiou
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2023-09-072023-09-0750178–10778–10710.5744/jpms.2023.1004