NEW BOOK! Transformations of the Military Profession and Professionalism in Scandinavia

Ny artikel! The birth of the enterprising soldier: governing military recruitment and retention in post-Cold War Sweden

Artikeln "The birth of the enterprising soldier: governing military recruitment and retention in post-Cold War Sweden" av Sanna Strand har nu publicerats i Scandinavian Journal of History. 

Artikeln kan hämtas via den här länken: https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2021.1997797

Ur Abstract

The promise of becoming a normal or even ideal citizen of the nation-state has long been central to the politics of military recruitment and retention. However, what this promise has entailed, and how the image of the soldier has been constructed, varies across time and place. This article illustrates and historicizes the emergence of a distinct soldier image, closely associated with the neoliberal ideal of responsible, active, and entrepreneurial citizenship, in the context of Sweden. The paper adopts a genealogical approach and views ‘the enterprising soldier’ through the contemporary history of military reforms in post-Cold War Sweden....

Military Command Under Scrutiny: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Calls for papers. Deadline: 1 March 2022

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In recent years, military command has been under increasing public and academic scrutiny. Some commentators even speak of a “crisis of command” (Brooks et al. 2021). Albeit command has attracted interest from several scholars, there has as noted by Lawrence Freedman – been “…remarkably few […] systematic investigation[s] of the practice of command.” (Freedman, 2020, p. 106). In this special issue, we wish to address this omission and invite potential authors to participate in an interdisciplinary discussion on the challenges and transformations of command in the twenty-first century.

Guest editors: Anne Roelsgaard Obling, Katrine Nørgaard and Anders Klitmøller