Book chapter
Militarism as a Racial Project
Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, pp.161-168
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, Springer International Publishing
06/12/2018
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76757-4_9
Abstract
This paper argues that militarism is a “racial project” central to the social construction of race and the perpetuation of unequal race relations. Typical sociological research on race in the military is largely demographic in nature—reifying race as a social fact and often assuming the military decreases overt racial animus. In place of this perspective, I claim that the military should be seen as both benefiting from unequal race relations in the wider society and reinforcing those relations through military policy. Ultimately, scholars should focus on how the military influences broader patterns of racial inequality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Militarism as a Racial Project
- Creators
- Victor Ray - University of Tennessee
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, pp.161-168
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Series
- Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-76757-4_9
- eISSN
- 2542-839X
- ISSN
- 1389-6903
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/12/2018
- Academic Unit
- African American Studies; Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984201125402771
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