From our #new #SpecialForum! Moral Injury: A Framework for Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men - Emeka Thaddues Njoku (emekatn.bsky.social), Isaac Dery, Scott Nicholas Romaniuk #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
From our #new #SpecialForum! “I Just Don’t Want to Be Part of It Anymore”: How Harm and Betrayal Erode Cohesion in the Aftermath of Military Sexual Misconduct - Stacey Silins journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
From our #new #SpecialForum! Masculine Conformity and Social Dominance’s Relation With Organizational Culture Change - Michelle E. Wu, Adelheid Nicol, Cindy Suurd Ralph journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Military Life Factors Associated with Educational Attainment Among Military Spouses - Kelly Woodall, W. Jesse Wood, Sharmini Radakrishnan, Christopher Weiss, Andrea Chung, Valerie Stander, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
From our #new #SpecialForum! Complexities and Possibilities of Strengthening the Social Inclusion of Military Women in the Netherlands Armed Forces: Findings From an Action Research Project - Amber Spijkers, Anke Snoek, Bert Molewijk, Eva van Baarle #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
New AF&S podcast out now! We're featuring “Civil-Military Relations in the Mass Public” by David Segal. Listen here on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/6T3j...
From our #new #SpecialForum! Perceptions of Espoused Versus Enacted Culture Around Sexual Misconduct and Other Offenses Among U.S. Military Service Members - Jeffrey Lucas, Paul Hanges, Kelly Beavan, Jordan Epistola, Emily Forgo, Debra L. Shapiro journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Very insightful!
Civil-Military Relations in the Prevention of Democratic Backsliding Christoph Harig Abstract Most civil-military relations scholarship implicitly or explicitly sees the military as a threat to democratic institutions and governments. In recent years, however, there have been several instances in which democratically elected governments tried to use the armed forces for undermining democratic institutions. Hence, military leaders may sometimes have to contest lawful political decisions if these potentially threaten democracy. This challenges fundamental normative assumptions in civil-military relations research. The present article therefore asks: Which analytical tools does civil-military relations scholarship provide for assessing the appropriate role of military leaders in the prevention of democratic backsliding? Should there be general, prescriptive normative theories for military leaders’ appropriate behaviour in contexts of democratic backsliding? The article begins by reviewing civil-military relations scholarship’s perspectives on the appropriate political role of armed forces and discusses how these are challenged by democratic backsliding. Building on previous attempts to conceptualise military dissent and the military’s role in autocratization processes, the article argues that military behaviour in backsliding processes cannot be assessed without taking military role conceptions as explanatory variable for military leaders’ ideas about appropriate behaviour into account. Illustrative examples from the Americas then assess military leaders’ reaction to backsliding attempts and their consequences for democracy and civil-military relations. The findings underline that prescriptive guidance for military disobedience should be treated with caution.
Can civil-military relations scholarship provide prescriptive normative guidance for military leaders' appropriate behaviour in democratic backsliding?
My new article in @journalofgss.bsky.social debates this civil-military conundrum
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From our #new #SpecialForum! Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Military Services: Culture, Hypermasculinity, and the Futility of Zero-Tolerance Approaches - Sara Rubenfeld, Jeffrey W. Lucas journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Democratic Backsliding and Militarization in Central America: Overcoming the Moral Hazard Problem - Maren J. Mainx, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out this article from our #NewIssue! Accountability, Bureaucratic Discretion, and Civil-Military Relations - Sean Webeck, Vasabjit Banerjee (vasabjit.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
New AF&S podcast out now! Featuring Pat Shields and Donald Travis’s article “Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Armed Forces & Society.” Check it out on Apple Podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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From our #NewIssue! How Do Those Who Have Served Deserve to Be Treated? Military Veterans in the U.K. Social Security System - Philip Martin, @lisa-scullion.bsky.social @davidhjyoung.bsky.social Joe Pardoe, Celia Hynes, @katyjones.bsky.social #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out this article from our #NewIssue! The Health and Quality of Life of Dutch Peacekeeping Veterans, 40 Years After the Mission, and Their Association With Deployment-Related Stressors - Jacco Duel, Alieke Reijnen journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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AF&S is happy to announce a new series of weekly podcasts based on articles from our incredible authors! They are AI-generated and designed to be an additional avenue for digesting articles. The podcasts will be available on the AF&S website and the Sage Sociology page on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
Check out this article from our #NewIssue! Subjective and Objective Measurement of Underemployment and Income Among Post-9/11 Veterans - Nicole Morgan, Katie Davenport, Brandon Balotti, Keith Aronson, Daniel Perkins #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! A Research Note: Is There a Civil–Military or Political Divide to How Americans Describe the U.S. Military? - Neil N. Snyder, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Intramilitary Relations and Officer Esprit De Corps in the Emerging Interwar Finnish Armed Forces - Ilmari Käihkö (kaihko.bsky.social), 2026 #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out this article from our #NewIssue! Perceptions of Women in U.S. Army Combat Units: A Mixed-Methods Study Post-Gender Integration - Catherine Johanna Miller journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! The Mediatization of War: A Roadmap for Research Based on the October 7, 2023, Hamas Attack on Israel - Azi Lev-On, Yuval Gozansky, 2026 #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Survivors, Collaborators, Peacemakers: Transnational Military Wives in Uganda and the Gender Perspectives of Global Security - Grace Akello, Chloe Lewis, Aliya Souhaid, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our April 2026 Issue is now available! It includes our Special Forum on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Military Services, and additional articles, research notes, and book reviews from our incredible authors! Check it out here! #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/toc/AFS/curr...
Just published: An investigation of mesolevel institutional cohesion, intramilitary relations and civil-military relations in the emerging interwar Finnish armed forces.
New in #OnlineFirst! Emotional Intelligence, Policing, and the Military Veteran Influence - Elizabeth A. Quinby, Irick A. Geary, Matthew W. Logan, Ian T. Adams, Kyle D. McLean, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...