Military Families and War in the 21st Century (eBook, ePUB)

Comparative perspectives
Redaktion: Moelker, Rene; Manigart, Philippe; Bowen, Gary; Andres, Manon

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Employing an interdisciplinary methodology and comparative case studies, this book focuses on the key issues that affect military families when soldiers are deployed overseas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135952051
• Artikelnr.: 42831236

Autorenporträt

René Moelker is an Associate Professor at the Netherlands Defense Academy. Manon Andres is an Assistant Professor at the Netherlands Defense Academy. Gary Bowen is Kenan Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), USA. Philippe Manigart is Professor of Sociology at the Royal Military Academy, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Military Organizations and Families in Transition 1. Introduction
René Moelker
Manon Andres
Gary Bowen and Philippe Manigart 2. Transitions in the military and the family as greedy institutions: Original concept and current applicability
Karin De Angelis and Mady Wechsler Segal 3. Organizational culture and military families: The case of combat officers in the IDF
Meytal Eran-Jona 4. Dual military families: Confronting a stubborn military institution
David Smith 5. Profession and the military family in the armed forces of Argentina. Generational differences and socio-cultural changes
Sabina Frederic and Laura Masson Part II: Military Families under Stress 6. The emotional cycle of deployment
Maren Tomforde 7. The British military family
Christopher Dandeker
Claire Eversden
Catherine Birtles and Simon Wessely 8. Well-being of military families: Coping with the stressors of military life among spouses of Canadian Armed Forces members
Sanela Dursun and Kerry Sudom 9. Reintegration
reconciliation and relationship quality
Manon Andres
Karin De Angelis and David McCone 10. Stress
wounds
injuries and meaning: The effects of combat related PTSD on intimate relationships and partners
Rachel Dekel
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth and Laura Sanchez 11. Children and deployment
a cross country comparison
Manon Andres and Julie Coulthard Part III: National Social-psychological Family Support 12. Missions alike and unlike: Military family support in war and peace
Jocelyn Bartone 13. Community capacity and the psychological well-being of married United States Air Force members
Gary Bowen
James Martin
Jay Mancini and Danielle Swick 14. The influence of the primary social environment on members of the Slovenian armed forces
Jelena Juvan and Janja Vuga 15. How do military families cope with multiple deployments abroad of loved ones: The case of Belgium
Philippe Manigart
Valerian Lecoq
and Salvatore Lo Bue 16. The invisible families of Portuguese soldiers. From colonial wars to contemporary missions
Helena Carreiras 17. Family support systems in the Turkish military
Kadir Varoglu
Yavuz Ercil and Unsal Sigri 18. "Down under:" Support to military families from an Australian perspective
Philip Siebler 19. Family support and the Japan Self-Defense Forces: Challenges and developing new programs
Hitoshi Kawano and Atsuko Fukuura 20. Epilogue
Manon Andres
Gary Bowen
Philippe Manigart and René Moelker