The military, war and society : ‘the achilles heel’ of sociology and the need for reflection
Date
2014-02
Authors
Heinecken, Lindy
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Publisher
Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Lindy Heinecken was formerly a researcher and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Military Studies
(CEMIS) at the South African Military Academy, where
she worked for 17 years. Since 2006 she has been at
the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
at Stellenbosch University where she lectures in political
and industrial sociology. The main focus of her research
is in the domain of armed forces and society where she
has published extensively on a range of issues including
gender integration, civil-military relations, military
unionism, the military profession, HIV/AIDS and security
and more recently on the experiences of military
personnel on peace operations and on post-conflict
reconstruction and development. She holds an MSocSc
in Industrial Sociology from the University of Cape Town
and a PhD from Kings College, Department of War
Studies, University of London. She serves on numerous
academic boards, including the Council of the Inter-
University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (USA)
and the International Sociological Association’s Armed
Forces and Conflict Resolution working group; she is
also working group convenor for Crime, Violence and
Security of the South African Sociological Association.
She serves on the editorial board of the journals Armed
Forces and Society and Scientia Militaria: South African
Journal of Military Studies and is a reviewer for more
than eight scholarly journals in the field. She is a NRF C1
rated researcher and is also one of the pool of specialists
conducting research for the South African Army.
Description
Inaugural lecture delivered on 11 February 2014
Keywords
War and society, Military sociology, War -- Sociological aspects, Armed Forces -- Sociological aspects, Civil-military relations
Citation
Heinecken, L. 2014. The military, war and society: ‘the achilles heel’ of sociology and the need for reflection. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University.