The Militarization of the European Union
From the establishment of NATO in 1949, Western Europe has been under Anglo-American tutelage in military and security matters. Several countries, most notably France and (since reunification) Germany, have experienced this as a hindrance to the pursuit of their particular inter…
The Militarization of the European Union
The Militarization of the European Union
From the establishment of NATO in 1949, Western Europe has been under Anglo-American tutelage in military and security matters. Several countries, most notably France and (since reunification) Germany, have experienced this as a hindrance to the pursuit of their particular inter…
"In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Puni…
"In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Puni…
"In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Puni…
Militarization: A Reader offers a range of critical perspectives on the dynamics of militarization as a social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental phenomenon. It portrays militarism as the condition in which military values and frameworks come to dominate state str…
Introduction / Roberto J. González and Hugh Gusterson -- Militarization and the political economy -- Introduction / Catherine Lutz -- The U.S. Imperial triangle and military spending / John Bellamy Foster, Hannah Holleman, and Robert W. McChesney -- Farewell address to the Natio…
"Militarization: A Reader offers a range of critical perspectives on the dynamics of militarization as a social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental phenomenon. It portrays militarism as the condition in which military values and frameworks come to dominate state st…
"The United States presents the greatest source of global geo-political violence and instability. Guided by the radical political economy tradition, this book offers an analysis of the USA?s historical impulse to weaponize communication technologies. Scott Timcke explores the fo…
"The United States presents the greatest source of global geo-political violence and instability. Guided by the radical political economy tradition, this book offers an analysis of the USA's historical impulse to weaponize communication technologies. Scott Timcke explores the fo…
This dissertation examines the dismantling of socialism and the resulting conflict in Yugoslavia from a gender perspective. It explores the experiences of women in the process of the violent nation-state building in the region, and how their lives and status were affected. The r…
This study investigated the effects of patriarchy and militarization on women's educational attainment in Pakistan, where the literacy rate is among the lowest in the world, roughly two-thirds of all women cannot read or write, and even modest goals of girls' primary school enro…
This dissertation examines the militarizing processes at work in the lives of middle class, white, Protestant American women living in a midwestern exurban town during the years 2003-2006. My investigation relies on feminist theories of militarization, maternalism, nationalism, …
Child soldiering practices in Lebanon remain unreported to the concerned governmental authorities despite their existence throughout the years of war and their persistence to this day. Thus far, no research has been conducted to explore the awareness and attitudes of individuals…
Over the better part of the last decade, urban control and policing techniques in the United States have become increasingly militarized. This paper contends that such events are best understood as being situated within the emergence of a resurgent "military urbanism" -- a broad…