Advances in Military Sociology: Essays in Honor of Charles C. Moskos -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword -- 2. Contents of the book -- 3. Collaborations and acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part I: The Military Profession in Transition: Conscription and all Volunteer Forces -- Chapter 1. End of conscription and problems of manning: The case of Slovenian Armed Forces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The reasons for conscript army abolishment -- 3. The NATO membership and military reforms in Slovenia -- 4. Slovenian military profession -- 5. The manning of Slovenian Armed Forces -- 6. Structure of Slovenian Armed Forces (some empirical data) -- 7. Solving personnel problem in the Slovenian Armed Forces -- 8. Justification of the model -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Managing diversity in all-volunteer forces: Theoretical perspectives, institutional assessment and policy implications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The multicultural organization: Background theory -- 3. Current situation in the Bulgarian military -- 4. Main cultural biases to the development of a multicultural organization -- 5. Strategy for development of the Bulgarian military as a multicultural organization -- 6. Process improvement strategy -- 7. Recommendations for transforming of the BAF into a multicultural organization -- 8. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Internet Sources: -- Chapter 3. General conscription in Finland after 2008 - some reasons behind Finland's population's and conscripts' attitudes towards general conscription -- 1. End of conscription in Europe?1 -- 2. Finland's system of military defence -- 3. Finns' current attitudes towards general conscription -- 4. 'Hard' reasons behind the Finns' attitudes towards general conscription.

5. 'Untangible' reasons behind the Finns' attitudes towards general conscription -- 6. Future? -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4. Changes in military profession in Latin American countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Analysis of variables -- 5. Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Part II: Public Opinion and Security Issues -- Chapter 5. Slovene public opinion about security issues: A coincidence or a consistent pattern? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studying the public opinion about security issues in Slovenia -- 3. Key values in the Slovene society -- 4. Perception of threats -- 5. Support to NATO membership -- 6. The role of the military organisation in providing security -- 7. Transition from conscript army to All-Volunteer Force -- 8. Trust in the military organisation -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 . Institutionalising European defence: Main trends in European public perceptions in the age of the global war on terror -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic findings -- 3. Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. Between alliance and home front considerations: The German armed forces and security-related opinion polls -- 1. Opinion polls related to security and defense policy -- 2. ''All politics is local'': On the value of public opinion polls -- 3. Public opinion toward security issues and the military -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Women in the Militery Profession and Military Families -- Chapter 8. Women in conflictual situations in the war-torn Darfur, Sudan: An exposition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Origin of the conflict -- 3. Conceptualization -- 4. The situation of Sudanese women -- 5. Women in international humanitarian law -- 6. Agenda for action -- References.

Chapter 9. Gender integration policies in the armed forces: A double-edged sword? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Patterns of gender integration in the armed forces -- 3. The effect of policies on gender integration in the armed forces -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10. Women in the military profession: The Greek case -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A historical reference to women's integration in the Greek military -- 3. Gender in the Greek armed forces: The present situation -- 4. Greek armed forces as a mixed force. Statistical considerations -- 5. Special consideration and social measures for women serving in the Armed Forces -- 6. Gender equality office in the Greek armed forces -- 7. Final considerations and future challenges for women in the military -- Chapter 11. Thirty years of gender integration: cadet perceptions of women at the U.S. Air force academy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The goldfish bowl3 -- 3. Monitoring the pulse -- 4. Interim findings -- 5. Recent efforts -- 6. Toward an understanding of cadet gender attitudes -- 7. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12. Parents' voice: The intergenerational relationship, worry, appraisal of the deployment, and support among parents of deployed personnel -- 1. Introduction -- 2. International studies into parents of deployed soldiers -- 3. The Dutch study -- 4. The parent-child relationship -- 5. Parents' worry -- 6. Parents' appraisal of their child's deployment -- 7. Parents' support: the issue of legitimacy -- 8. Conclusion and discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13. Military families and deployments abroad in Italy. In search of adequate answers for a new issue -- 1. The topic of military families -- 2. Research theoretical framework -- 3. Current types of social support.

4. Applicability to Italian situation, because of the three-sided revolution in Italian armed forces -- 5. A research on military families in Italy: some qualitative findings -- 6. Discussion about types of support systems -- 7. Problems from the view of the research subjects and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part IV. The Military in the Asian Context -- Chapter 14. Pakistani military's role in the Asian context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical development -- 3. Pakistan's strategic importance and military -- 4. Indian factor and Pakistan's military planning -- 5. 'Pashtunistan' and the border dispute with Afghanistan -- 6. Emergence of China and the change in Pakistan's policy -- 7. The Soviet attack on Afghanistan and the change in geostrategic position in Asia -- 8. Afghan war and the increasing role of Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI -- 9. Jihad, fundamentalism and the ISI -- 10. Export of religious extremism to other parts of region and the Pakistan army's role -- 11. Taliban movement and the role of the ISI -- 12. 9/11 and reversal in the role of the ISI -- 13. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15. Military educational institutions and their role in the reproduction of inequality in the Philippines -- 1. Introduction: The long gray line -- 2. The PMA education as cultural capital -- 3. The PMA Sambisig class of 1991 -- 4. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Note -- References -- Appendix A. PMA Sambisig Class of 1991 -- Appendix B. Guide Questions -- Chapter 16. A basis of Mongolian defense policy and armed forces for self-defense -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defense policy and military traditions of Mongolian statehood -- 3. Constitutional conception of defense policy and armed forces for self-defense -- 4. External and internal environment of defense policy and the national interests.

5. Concluding remarks: Armed-forces reputation and its further development tendency -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 17. Foreign aid, war/military, and state building of cold war Taiwan: in search of a theoretical and comparative framework -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The perplexity of Taiwan's experience: The Tillian theories of third world state building -- 3. Theories of early modern European state formation -- 4. Foreign aid, war/military, and state building in the third world -- 5. Situating Taiwan's experience and reformulating Tillian theories for future research -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18. From military professionalism to coup d'etat: Concordance theory in India and Pakistan -- 1. Concordance theory and the civil-military relations literature -- 2. Concordance theory -- 3. Conditions in Present-Day India -- 4. Concordance in India -- 5. Summary -- 6. Pakistan - a case of discordance -- 7. Discordance in Pakistan -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 19. Whose job, what job? Security sector performance in a local Communist frontline in central Philippines -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Getting it done: Democratic civilian control in the Philippines -- 3. The insurgency problem, militarization, and their consequences -- 4. The present structure of security forces in Iloilo province -- 5. Role and functional differences between security forces -- 6. Engagement among the security sector -- 7. Engaging the civilians: Security forces, human rights, and the local government -- 8. Analysis and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20. EU harmonisation reforms, democratisation and a new modality of civil-military relations in Turkey -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Increased democratic control and decreased formal influence of the armed forces -- 3. Oversight and accountability: Transparency in defence budgeting.

4. Parliamentary oversight, the military and the people.