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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2016
Abstract: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has recently undergone the most comprehensive review of its organizational culture since federation. Western militaries across the USA, Canada and the UK are similarly engaged. Military misconduct, including rape, assault and the long traditions of hazing and bastardization, have been increasingly exposed, engaging civil society, agitating government and undermining military integrity. The Skype Affair is described as a particularly important military misconduct scandal that brought these relations, and ruling relations more specifically, into focus. The article describes the contest over democratic control of the armed forces initiated when the jurisdictions and authority of the Defence Minister, the Chief of Defence and the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) converged over the management of this military scandal. This article looks at how relations between Australian civil society, the military and the state are affected by the varying engagements of these sectors with the question of violence in the military and, subsequently, military modernization. The news-mediated discourse is one that highlights the structural split of civil–military relations, between two white masculinized institutions in a context of distinct cultural ergence over the rule of nation.
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Date: 07-2014
DOI: 10.1080/23269995.2014.909243
Abstract: Despite constituting the formal mechanism by which states and militaries persuade and enrol their personnel, military recruitment is poorly understood in the social and political sciences. Tied either to a normative and partisan sociology which aims to provide applied solutions for recruitment and retention programmes, or subsumed under a broad banner, by critical scholars, of a global ‘cultural condition’ of militarisation, studies of recruitment lack the rigour they should be afforded. In exploring these issues, the paper offers a vision of critical military studies which takes seriously the efforts of counter-military recruiting activist and protest movements in the US and UK. Counter-recruitment activism is billed as the most practical way to resist policies of militarism and militarisation. In promoting locally situated, practical solutions to the effects of militarised cultures (often as part of activism in schools), it aims to expose the relationship between, and acts to correct, both local and global injustices. In reviewing the practical and conceptual basis for counter-recruiting strategies, and speaking to broader movements in feminist scholarship on militarisation, the paper demonstrates the importance of critical studies of military recruitment, and in so doing, argues for a critical military studies which is situated amidst the people and places militarism affects.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-2001
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2024
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-09-2014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-2013
DOI: 10.1177/194277861300600308
Abstract: Water is a principal medium of exchange within communities facing changing climate patterns and the ‘new dry’. For some parts of the globe water has been taken-for-granted, uncontested, yet for others highly variable, scarce and a measure of global and national inequalities. Australia as a large and erse landmass is emblematic of those varied water contexts, yet as a whole, and after the recent ‘100-year drought’, water has become heavily regulated and marketised, and its material and symbolic meanings transformed. This has led us to ask: “What happens when water becomes marked or recognised as a scarce resource for all, indeed a site of contest and potential human conflict? How do the attempts to control water, through its market currency and environmental value, change the character of communities, the identities and interpersonal relationships that constitute the regional context?” After all, water is about far more than a material resource, it is also a cultural medium that is implicated the most fundamental aspects of life. In this study we explore the ways in which South Australian's living in the arid north of the state, above the Goyder Line, live and identify through the changing relations of water. Those changing relations are the changing availability and governance of water, nested within an ever-present public concern about climate change. We draw upon interviews with settler community members from a 200 square kilometre region across 7 towns or stations. Alongside the growing dry has been the developing commodification of water, having the effect of reducing local autonomy in the management and decision making about water conservation, supply and use. This paper considers the ways that these changes have transformative effects upon the differences and solidarities within local community relations.
Publisher: Virginia Tech Libraries
Date: 2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2020
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 08-02-2022
Abstract: Higher education provides a pathway for military veterans to transition to an engaged civilian life. Veterans can be model students because of their erse experiences, resilience, and discipline. Yet some veterans are simultaneously “at-risk” most are non-traditional students and more likely than the general population to face mental hysical health issues. We propose well-being might protect student veterans from academic difficulties, ensuring positive outcomes. But few studies have investigated the relationship between student veterans’ well-being and academic outcomes. To guide much-needed research, we mapped how well-being and academic outcomes have been assessed in the student veteran literature. We reviewed 96 studies that quantitatively measured student veterans’ well-being or academic outcomes (databases: PsycINFO, ERIC, Proquest Dissertation/Theses, PubMed). Well-being was conceptualized in several ways, demonstrating lack of uniformity. Academic outcomes predominantly focused on performance, though non-performance-based measures (e.g., adjustment) were common. We outline existing research limitations and provide future research measurement recommendations.
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Date: 07-2014
Publisher: Dialectical Publishing
Date: 08-2009
DOI: 10.5172/MRA.3.2.191
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 04-2010
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-12-2014
DOI: 10.1111/DPR.12090
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 19-11-2020
DOI: 10.1093/ACREFORE/9780190228637.013.1885
Abstract: Civil-military relations research in Australia is limited. There is no field of civil-military relations to speak of, as there is in, for ex le, the United States tradition. It is this tradition of research that has a significant influence on the Australian Defence Force through the work of Samuel Huntington and Morris Janowitz. Indeed, civil-military relations is used in defense establishment parlance to describe the military encountering nongovernment organizations and the civil sector in conflict zones. However, there is not enough research and writing to represent a body of work within the Australian academy. The use of the term and its traditions are argued to be normative. The concept reproduces an ideal of civil-military relations that does not represent the rich cultural ersity that constitutes this field. Civil-military relations in the United States sense are an appropriate frame for Australian liberal democracy and the place and role of the military. Drawing on cultural theory, and using the phenomenon of scandal, it may be argued that the cultural ersity of the state, the military, and civil society must be conceptualized to improve the explanatory value of this field. The fraternal and contested character of institutional interaction must also be a focus. The lack of attention to the role of the market is also an area for further development. The element of the market in civil-military relations describes the adaptive maneuvers of these entities—state, military, market, and civil society—in sustaining institutional hegemony in Australian liberal democracy.
Publisher: STAIN Ponorogo
Date: 02-12-2021
DOI: 10.21154/CENDEKIA.V19I2.2612
Abstract: This research investigates the importance of pedagogical-based multicultural education in social life, particularly in Islam. A multicultural study is not a new thing, but it has limited implementation. Based on the theory of H.A.R Tilaar about multicultural education, it has inherently existed since this Indonesian nation existed. The state philosophy of the Republic of Indonesia is unity in ersity (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika), cooperation helping each other, and respect one another. It can be seen from the chronological portrait of this nation that there are various foreign tribes and continues to acculturate with the indigenous people. Multicultural education gives hope in dealing with various turmoil which happened recently. This study employed qualitative research. The analysis method and the source were taken from the literature study. Thus, the research sources were taken from literature by using a qualitative approach. Hence, the researcher explored the number of data, both primary and secondary data. They used concrete steps, such as reading and examining the primary data in-depth, such as research results, journals, thesis, or dissertations related to multicultural and Islamic education. Consequently, multicultural education is a necessity in educational institutions. Penelitian ini mengkaji pentingnya pendidikan multikultural yang berbasis pada pedagogik dalam kehidupan sosial khususnya dalam Islam. Kajian multikultural bukan sesuatu yang baru, namun implementasinya dapat dihitung waktunya. Dalam pemikiran H.A.R Tilaar tentang pendidikan multikultural secara inhern sudah ada sejak bangsa Indonesia ini ada. Falsafah bangsa Indonesia adalah bhineka tunggal ika, suka gotong royong, membantu, dan menghargai antar satu dengan yang lainnya. Betapa dapat dilihat dalam potret kronologis bangsa ini yang sarat dengan masuknya berbagai suku bangsa asing dan terus berakulturasi dengan masyarakat pribumi. pendidikan multikultural memberikan secercah harapan dalam mengatasi berbagai gejolak masyarakat yang terjadi akhir-akhir ini. Pendidikan multikultural adalah pendidikan yang senantiasa menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai, keyakinan, heterogenitas, pluralitas dan keragaman, apapun aspeknya dalam masyarakat. Dengan demikian, pendidikan multikultural yang tidak menjadikan semua manusia sebagai manusia yang bermodel sama, berkepribadian sama, berintelektual sama, atau bahkan berkepercayaan yang sama pula. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif yang dimana cara menganalisis dan mengambil sumber melalui studi pustaka. Dalam artian yaitu penelitian yang bersumber dari bahan-bahan kepustakaan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Oleh karena itu, yang dilakukan adalah eksplorasi terhadap sejumlah data baik itu data primer maupun data sekunder dengan langkah konkret sebagai berikut: membaca serta menelaah secara mendalam data primer seperti buku yang merupakan hasil penelitian, Jurnal, tesis maupun disertasi yang terkait dengan pendidikan multikultural dan pendidikan Islam. Karena itu, pendidikan multikultural merupakan suatu keniscayaan dalam lembaga pendidikan.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-12-2018
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 05-06-2022
DOI: 10.1111/HSC.13856
Abstract: The objective of this phenomenological study was to describe families' experiences of supporting veterans and emergency service first responders (ESFRs) (known also as public safety personnel) to seek help for a mental health problem. In-depth semi-structured open-ended interviews were undertaken with 25 family members of Australian veterans and ESFRs. Fourteen participants were family members of police officers. Data were analysed thematically. Participants described a long and difficult journey of supporting the person's help-seeking across six themes. Traumatic exposures, bullying in the workplace and lack of organisational support experienced by veterans/ESFRs caused significant family distress. Families played a vital role in help-seeking but were largely ignored by veteran/ESFR organisations. The research provides a rich understanding of distress and moral injury that is experienced not only by the service members but is transferred vicariously to their family within the mental health help-seeking journey. Veteran and ESFR organisations and mental health services need to shift from a predominant view of distress as located within an in idual (intrapsychic) towards a life-course view of distress as impacting families and which is more relational, systemic, cultural and contextual.
Publisher: Edith Cowan University
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-03-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-03-2023
DOI: 10.1111/GWAO.12986
Abstract: Since its inception, the Australian armed forces, like all five eye military nations, have been challenged by the phenomenon of violence within the institution. Militaries are institutions of and for violence. The imperative of violence cultivates all service personnel through their initial training and then ongoing roles. This article assesses 4 decades of significant Australian military inquiries around the question of internal institutional violence, including bullying, sexual assault, sexual harassment, hazing, and bastardization. We define this as “military institutional abuse,” which represents a new term for describing this phenomenon that allows for a deeper understanding of institutional gendered and martial culture. The aim is to provide the first overview of military institutional abuse within the Australian military. We argue that military institutional abuse is not an anomaly but endemic to the military institution. In the last decade, there has been a significant activity around gender reforms, changing the alcohol culture and the tribal forms of masculinity associated with it. The question of how the military has responded to this phenomenon illuminates better avenues of cultural reform and responds to the problematic question, “to what extent can this authoritarian institution liberalize”?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-09-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-04-2022
DOI: 10.1186/S12889-022-13200-1
Abstract: In Australia, and throughout the world, it is evident that the mental health and wellbeing of young males aged 15–24, is not a priority. In Australia suicide is the leading cause of death in people aged 15–24 years and 75% are male (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian hospital statistics 2011–12, 2021). It is clear young males as well as those who identify as indigenous or LGBTIQ are at risk groups with respect to self arm and suicide (Drummond, MJN, et al. 2019). It is the transition period from adolescence to adluthood that is of particular concern. Often young males must pass through this phase of life with minimal guidance or direction and without a “safe space” where they can attain emotional support. Sport is a significant part of boys’ and young males' lives and offers that “safe space”. Sport can play a substantial role in protective mental health through socialization and engagement in a socially endorsed activity that seemingly has far more positive outcomes than negative ones. This research is underpinned by both quantitative and qualitative research with young males involved masculinised sporting clubs. Its aim is to provide insights into how we can create safe spaces for males and influence positive forms of masculinities that can enhance mental health promotion among young males. This mixed methods research explores issues around mental health in young males involved across two male dominated sporting codes in Australian (Australian football and cricket). Surveys and interviews with young males age 15–24 as well as parents, coaches and key stakeholders underpin this research. While the data is designed to assist in the development of educational resources for males to influence positive forms of masculinities that can enhance mental health promotion among young males involved in these sporting codes, this paper reports on the exploratory nature of the data and raises important issues emerging among young males with respect to mental health and the role of the sporting club.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-05-2013
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 22-03-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2011
Publisher: Virginia Tech Libraries
Date: 2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-08-2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-2003
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 29-10-2014
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 30-12-2022
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2016
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.2304/POWER.2014.6.2.130
Abstract: The question of student engagement in schooling, or adherence to school values, is often conceived in terms of student transgression. Youth has, over time, become a problem to be solved – by parents, teachers and school administrators. This article outlines an engagement with lower socioeconomic status metropolitan schooling in South Australia, seeking to understand the clash of frames of reference between elements of the student body and the school adult population. Twenty-two semi-structured in-depth interviews with young people, and observations at the school, highlighted a strong theme of ergent intercultural relations, articulated in questions of power, authority and identity. The authors explore their relationships to authority as an expression of complex family and schooling relations, and the negotiation of conventional and marginalised cultures. The students' accounts describe troubled and unstable family relationships marked by violence, alcohol and drug use, and poverty and unemployment. The authors assert that the students bring their relationships to school, and that school could focus on the three principles of trust, confidence and respect as a means of improving student engagement. A focus on respectful relationships decentres adult constructions of the ‘problem’ and provides a collaborative and (re)conciliatory approach to improving school culture.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2014
Abstract: What are young Australians’ understandings of, and attitudes to, the military and military service? This article describes a pilot study of 320 young Australian university students’ attitudes to the military and military service during a time when Australia was engaged in the Afghanistan war. The main purpose of this study was to develop a survey instrument for further work in researching civil–military relations in Australia. Civil–military relations describe the complex set of relationships between the civil and military spheres. The role of the military, the relationship between the state and the military, the ision of labor between civilian and military entities, foreign policy, and knowledge of military service are some of the fields that constitute a study of civil–military relations. This article reports on beliefs about, and attitudes to the specificities of military service and responses to the broader field of civil–military relations.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-01-2010
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-08-2008
DOI: 10.1057/DEV.2008.30
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 2019
Abstract: This article examines the nature of sudden and sweeping organisational change when a public secondary school facing closure reframed the ideological components of schooling, finding renewed hope and direction for the future. It also attempts to explain how organisational change can take place through university-led action research, activating school community support to become a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) school, securing funding sustainability, political and bureaucratic support, and a new regional school and university partnership. Finally, it seeks to understand how teachers and leaders make sense of their new STEAM organisational identity and how they are reflecting upon this in their new work ahead. This single bounded case study used a “sequential transformative strategy” involving an initial phase of action research reframing schooling purpose as a STEAM school. This was followed by semi-structured teacher and leader interviews hermeneutically analysed, constituting a two part project with a theoretical lens of social science theory. The theoretical perspective of Meighan’s component theory informs the analysis of the two methodologies.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 14-10-2021
Abstract: Loyalty between soldiers is idealized as an emotion that promotes cohesion and combat effectiveness. However, little empirical work has examined how military personnel understand, feel, and enact loyalty. We use a symbolic interactionalist informed frame to explore the lived experience of 24 retired Australian Defence Force members via in-depth semi-structured interviews. Our analysis revealed three core themes: (1) Loyalty as reciprocity, where there was an expectation that loyalty would be returned no matter what. (2) The importance of emotional connection for cohesion. (3) Loyalty as a prioritizing process, where a soldier’s loyalties gave them a way of choosing between competing demands. Loyalty is a moral emotion that enabled sensemaking. Close interpersonal loyalties tended to trump wider/diffused loyalties. Respondents understood their loyalties to fellow soldiers within wider social constructs of mateship and professionalism. The findings show the risks that come from a reliance on loyalty for combat cohesion.
Publisher: State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang
Date: 30-06-2022
DOI: 10.19109/PSIKIS.V8I1.11700
Abstract: This article aimed to explain the importance of Islamic educational psychology's role in child development. Psychological development in children varies. Some developments are excellent and appropriate, while others are not and have not been fulfilled. Psychological development in children that has been fulfilled includes emotional development and the ability to read and write. Meanwhile, psychological development and moral development have not been fulfilled. The role of Islamic educational psychology is crucial in child development so that Islamic educational psychology can be accessed in shaping children's attitudes and souls through instilling awareness that has a relationship with personal inner values. The method used in this study was a qualitative approach, with data collected through a descriptive-analytical literature review analysis. This research shows that children's development can grow through spiritual and social approaches in a dynamic learning process. Therefore, child development in the context of their lives can change according to the family, school, and community environments.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-07-2020
Abstract: Military scandals are disruptive episodes that can have long-lasting organizational consequences for military institutions. Recently, scholars who study military institutions have sought to understand this phenomenon and its significance. However, given their complexity and empirically opaque nature, military scandals are difficult to study, and a general account of this phenomenon has remained elusive. This article addresses this problem by drawing upon the growing field of scandal research to present a definition and account of the military scandal. We argue that military scandals are episodes of mediatized public moral conflict concerning transgressions involving the military institution, its members, and/or associated actors. We employ Ari Adut’s theory of public attention as a core explanation of scandal dynamics and effects and use this to argue that the military scandal phenomenon can be employed to simultaneously examine interactions and relationships between the military, the state, news media organizations, and civil society.
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 2020
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 09-2023
End Date: 09-2026
Amount: $490,170.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 02-2018
End Date: 12-2021
Amount: $128,152.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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