Ethnic minorities and brothers in arms
Competition and Homophily in the Military
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Sion (0000-0002-6929-4428, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 2489-2507 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1160138 |
| OpenAlex | W2319586148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 43 |
Although the solidarity of brothers in arms is an important feature of the military, when it comes to ethnic minorities there is a pivotal paradox. On the one hand the military aims at drawing boundaries between soldiers and civilians by blurring existing ethnic and racial divisions inside the military. On the other hand the military is a highly national institution which prides itself on conservative values. Can these contradictions work? And how soldiers understand them? This paper examines the construction of ethnic boundaries in inter-group relations by focusing on the tension between ethnic hierarchy and competition versus homophily - the preference for maintaining ties with persons who are similar. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews with Dutch soldiers before and during deployment in Bosnia and Kosovo I ask when each strategy is put into work and why
Competition (biology · Criminology · Ethnic group · Hierarchy · Homophily · Institution · Political science · Preference · Social science · Sociology · Software deployment · Solidarity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |