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Militarization and the Global Rise of Paramilitary Culture

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Penilaian

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This edited book demonstrates a new multidimensional comprehension of the relationship between war, the military and civil society by exploring the global rise of paramilitary culture. Moving beyond binary understandings that inform the militarization of culture thesis and examining various national and cultural contexts, the collection outlines ways in which a process of paramilitarization is shaping the world through the promotion of new warrior archetypes. It is argued that while the paramilitary hero is associated with military themes, their character is in tension with the central principals of modern military organization, something that often challenges the state’s perceived monopoly on violence. As such paramilitization has profound implications for institutional military identity, the influence of paramilitary organizations and broadly how organised violence is popularly understood

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Inventory Code	Barcode	Call Number	Location	Status
2108000241	EB0005891	306.4 Mil	Central Library (OPAC)	Available

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Series Title

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Call Number

306.4 Mil

Publisher

Singapore : Springer Singapore., 2021

Collation

vi, 191p.:ill

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-16-5588-3

Classification

306.4

Content Type

Ebook

Media Type

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Carrier Type

online resource

Edition

1

Subject(s)

Cultural studies; Sociology of culture

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