New Australian Military Sociology

Brad West is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia. His recent publications include Finding Gallipoli: Battlefield Remembrance and the Movement of Australian and Turkish History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). He is co-founder of the Military Organisation and Culture Studies Group with Cate Carter and is currently leading a large project on social influence and grey zone warfare for the Australian Department of Defence.

“This comprehensive and wide-ranging study offers an in-depth analysis of Australian civil-military relations. This insightful book also demonstrates how the tools of sociology can be effectively applied to better understand the social dynamics of military life in the contemporary world.” • Siniša Malešević, Professor of Sociology, University College, Dublin and CNAM Paris“This book points to a critical gap in the discipline of military sociology … the authors have done a timely job in presenting a picture of the Australian military and civil-military relations”. • Barış Ateş, Turkish National Defence University“This is a well-organized volume with a coherent structure, cogent arguments in each chapter and clarity in writing. It provides valuable insights and new perspectives which advance the field and inform current scholarly and professional thinking. It has relevance for both academic theory building and practitioner applications.” • Alan Okros, Canadian Forces College

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Antipodean Insights into Civil-Military RelationsBrad West and Cate CarterChapter 1. Who Do We Think We Are? Demographic Changes in the Australian Defence Force and Implications for Social LegitimacyPhilip HoglinChapter 2. Standing in the Picture: Autoethnographic Practice in Australian Military ResearchCate CarterChapter 3. The Australian Student Veteran Experience: Making Sense Using Lizzio’s ModelBen Wadham, Lisa Andrewartha, Melanie K. T. Takarangi, Andrew Harvey, Brad West, Matthew Wyatt-Smith, Jodie Davis and Ella K. MoeckChapter 4. Resisting Change and Civilian Control: The Contested Terrain of New ADF ValuesJennifer Woodside and James ConnorChapter 5. Symbolic Violence and the Politics of a Gender-Neutral MilitaryDonna Bridges and Elizabeth WulffChapter 6. Interoperability, Domestic Disaster Response and Organisational Culture: Role Ambiguity between Military Personnel and Emergency Services in the 2019/20 Australian ‘Black Summer’ BushfiresHaydn Mccomas and Brad West Chapter 7. Australian Military Performativity: Implications for SeparationHannah Taino-Spick and Sue ShoreConclusion. Antipodean Military Sociology and the Future of Civil-Military Relations Analysis: the Promise of Civil Sphere TheoryCate Carter and Brad WestIndex