Journal of Political & Military Sociology https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms <p>The <em>Journal of Political &amp; Military Sociology</em> seeks high-quality articles that advance the study of political and military sociology through theoretical, methodological, and empirical research. We welcome submissions that explore interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, addressing pressing issues in political and military social policy. The journal is particularly interested in papers that analyze topics such as civil-military relations, the sociology of armed conflict, defense and security policies, political institutions, governance, military culture, and the role of the military in shaping societal structures. We encourage research that examines these themes across diverse geopolitical contexts, including both Western and non-Western perspectives, and contributes to critical debates on contemporary global challenges.</p> en-US journals@upress.ufl.edu (University of Florida Press Journals) journals@upress.ufl.edu (University of Florida Press Journals) Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400 OJS 3.3.0.13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Contributors https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2678 <p>Notes on contributors to&nbsp;<em>JPMS&nbsp;</em>Volume 50, Number 2 (Fall 2023).</p> JPMS Editors Copyright (c) 2024 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2678 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 The Minerva Research Initiative https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2204 <p>In response to a number of military failures in a rapidly changing war environment, the Department of Defense put forth major efforts to incorporate social science research into the US national defense strategy. Three such efforts—Project Camelot, Human Terrain Systems, and the Minerva Research Initiative—represent iterative Department of Defense efforts to better understand and change their organizational environment through legitimate academic knowledge production. Our investigation of these efforts demonstrates that when the Department of Defense wants specific information and has a difficult time obtaining it, it eventually finds a way to produce it, in this case by employing tactics similar to those employed by economic elites when they want to develop knowledge that will help them achieve their goals.</p> Asa Iacobucci, Liam Downey Copyright (c) 2023 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2204 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 A Study of the Replacement Rate of Military Job Performance Ability According to Science and Technological Innovation https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2046 <p>The Republic of Korea (ROK) is making efforts to switch to a technology-intensive military that introduces advanced technology to prevent a security vacuum caused by a shortage of troops due to population decline. This study analyzed the replacement rate of military job performance ability by branch according to the development of science and technology (S&amp;T). In addition, the following conclusions could be derived. First, S&amp;T will significantly replace the human personnel’s job performance by 2040. Second, the degree of replacement by S&amp;T will be high for the troop-intensive branches. Third, low-skilled and standardized jobs are easy to replace by S&amp;T, and high-skilled atypical jobs are difficult to replace. Therefore, the ROK military’s aim of a military with advanced technology needs a customized policy that identifies low-skilled, standardized jobs, replaces them with S&amp;T first, and gradually introduces super-technical skills that fit the attributes of the branches to which those jobs belong.</p> Dongmin Kim, Kwanpyo Bae Copyright (c) 2023 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2046 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 Personnel Psychology and Security https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2291 <p>The personnel selection based on ethnoreligious factors, with the readoption of Fulani herders, bandits, and unknown shooters into the defense organization, has challenged Nigerian troops’ perceived individual employability, perceived work ability, and fit between person and vocation. Also, these have made personnel career adaptability a severe challenge for Nigerian soldiers. We examined person-job fit as a moderator in the associations of perceived individual employability, perceived work ability, and career adaptability. Two hundred and fifty-two Nigerian military personnel between eighteen and sixty years of age (M = 39; SD = .964) participated in the study. Through purposeful and convenient sampling techniques, we collected data using the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale, the Self-Perceived Individual Employability Scale, the Perceived Work Ability Scale, and the Person-Job-Fit Scale. Our findings showed that individual employability, perceived work ability, and person-job fit significantly predict military personnel’s career adaptation. Person-job fit moderated the association of perceived individual employability and military career adaptation. However, it did not influence the association between perceived work ability and military career adaptation. Our study showed that person-job fit, individual employability with work ability, and career adaptation are prerequisites for enlistment, deployment for combat, and well-being after combat experiences. Practical implications are that the insecurity challenges in Nigeria would have been mitigated if defense organizations had selected enlisted personnel for military work and deployment based on work ability, employability, and person-job fit so that they could quickly adapt to their careers and fight these insecurity challenges. Also, our study suggests that educational qualifications are not essential for military enlistment and deployment. We highlighted our study’s limitations and suggested further work on the topic.</p> Chiedozie O. Okafor, Ikechukwu V. N. Ujoatuonu , Chineye J. Kizito, Gabriel C. Kanu, Obinna O. Ike Copyright (c) 2023 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2291 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 Defense Diplomacy and Civil-Military Relations in Bangladesh https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2166 <p>In a democratic state, it is expected that a balance exists between civil and military power. While the military’s role has been traditionally defined as safeguarding a country’s national sovereignty and security, the modern concept of civil-military relations encapsulates a broader engagement of the military in advancing a country’s diplomacy as well. This article, taking the broader understanding into consideration, probes into the Bangladesh military’s expanding role. While civil-military relations went through much turbulence during the first few decades in Bangladesh’s history, with the restoration of democracy in 1991 the military has been one of the key participants in advancing defense diplomacy. Using several case studies, the article addresses vital questions such as the role of colonial legacies in Bangladesh’s military, how the military has gradually embedded itself in Bangladesh’s social, political, and economic milieu, and how unique civil-military relations have emboldened Bangladesh’s defense diplomacy.</p> Rashed Uz Zaman, Mansura Amdad Copyright (c) 2023 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2166 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS “Kitty Hawk” Race Riot by Marv Truhe https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2674 <p>Review of: <em>Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS “Kitty Hawk” Race Riot</em> by Marv Truhe. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2023. (370 pages)</p> Mark Murphy Copyright (c) 2024 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2674 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 How Civil Wars Start, and How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2675 <p>Review of: <em>How Civil Wars Start, and How to Stop Them</em> by Barbara F. Walter. New York: Crown, 2022. (320 pages)</p> Kane Tomlin Copyright (c) 2024 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2675 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 The Unknown Enemy: Counterinsurgency and the Illusion of Control by Christian Tripodi https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2676 <p>Review of: <em>The Unknown Enemy: Counterinsurgency and the Illusion of Control</em> by Christian Tripodi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. (300 pages)</p> Margaret Sankey Copyright (c) 2024 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2676 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond between a Marine and an Interpreter by Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2677 <p>Review of: <em>Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond between a Marine and an Interpreter</em> by Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki, with Russell Worth Parker. New York: HarperCollins, 2022. (323 pages)</p> Morten G. Ender Copyright (c) 2024 University of Florida Press https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article/view/2677 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400