THE IMPACT OF WAR, ADULT HIV/AIDS, AND MILITARIZATION ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S MORTALITY

Abstract

The study of war has generally been neglected in sociology, with much of the discussion focusing around military spending or the organization of the military rather than war per se. Sociologists have critiqued and investigated the military-industrial complex (Mills, 1959), investigated morale in military units (Durkheim, 1951; Stouffer & DeVinney, 1955), and studied the socialization of soldiers (Cockerham & Cohen, 1980). However, the direct examination of war has been relatively rare. When war has been examined, sociological research has focused on the causes of war, often discussing the preconditions of revolutions (Goldstone, Gurr & Moshiri, 1991; Skopol, 1979), or the reasons for military interventions by core countries in the peripheral countries of the world system (Kowalewski, 1991). Examinations of the sociological impact of war on civilian populations have been even rarer.

Citation

Carlton-Ford, S. (2005), "THE IMPACT OF WAR, ADULT HIV/AIDS, AND MILITARIZATION ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S MORTALITY", Bass, L. (Ed.) Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1537-4661(04)10012-3