Published: 2023-03-17
Introduction to the Special Issue
Patriotism, Public Opinion, and National Defense in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden
133–145
AbstractHow do political communities stick together as polities in times of crisis? What is needed to motivate their citizens work together to deter...
Articles
Fighting for the (Step)Motherland?
Predictors of Defense Willingness in Estonia’s Post-Soviet Generation
146–169
AbstractWhat makes individuals willing to defend their (adopted) homeland as their own? This is an essential question for all diverse societies. We turn...
Fostering Fortitude
Patriotism and Resilience as Civic Piety in Textbooks of National Defense Courses in Finland, 1967–2018
170–194
AbstractThis article analyzes “National Defense Courses” textbooks that were used to disseminate defense information to the political, social, and...
The Legitimacy of Conscription in Democracy
Connections between Conscription Politics and Public Opinion in Parliamentary Debates in Finland and Sweden in the 2010s
195–218
AbstractConscription is a political institution that may socialize individuals to acquire such values as a sense of patriotism and duty toward state. In...
“The Swedish Principle is the Christian Principle”
Christianity and the Concept of the People in Swedish Patriotism during World War II
219–244
AbstractTo strengthen Swedish patriotism during World War II, representatives of the Swedish Parliament and the Church of Sweden gathered at Stockholm’s...
Book Reviews
One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America by Nancy Foner
245–246
AbstractReview of: One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America by Nancy Foner. Princeton: Princeton University...
Global Race War: International Politics and Racial Hierarchy by Alexander D. Barder
246–248
AbstractReview of: Global Race War: International Politics and Racial Hierarchy by Alexander D. Barder. New York: Oxford University Press,...
Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War by John Spencer
248–251
AbstractReview of: Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War by John Spencer. Lincoln, NE: Potomac...
Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars and Militaries in Southern Africa by Lennart Bolliger
251–253
AbstractReview of: Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars and Militaries in Southern Africa by Lennart Bolliger. Athens: Ohio University...
Notes on Contributors
254–255
AbstractNotes on contributors to Volume 49, Number 2 of the Journal of Political & Military Sociology.