Military-industrial complexities, university research and neoliberal economy

Bibliographic Data

ID2399342
AuthorsBarry Smart (0000-0002-6737-4571, University of Portsmouth, corresponding author), Benjamin Smart (0000-0001-7035-3301, University of Portsmouth)
Year2016
Volume52
Issue3
Pages455-481
Publication date2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1440783316654258
OpenAlexW2469877527
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited33

The article provides an analysis of the militarization of scientific research and the scale and consequences of military and defence-related research on university campuses in the United States and United Kingdom. It achieves this through an analysis of the historical background to the complex forms of articulation which have developed between the military, industry and university research. Particular consideration is given to developments in the United States from 1940, including concerns expressed about the impact of an expanding military-industrial complex on the conduct of research in universities. Drawing on critical social and historical research, the article analyses the relationship between universities and colleges and the institution of the military in the United States and the United Kingdom, the symbiotic relationship between neoliberalism and militarism, and, in addition, the consequences for the conduct of research in the natural sciences and the social sciences within universities

Articulation (sociology) · Institution · Militarism · Militarization · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military History and Strategy · Public Administration

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