From: "Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies"
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Subject: The Journal of POWER INSTITUTIONS IN POST-SOVIET SOCIETIES
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004
The Journal of POWER INSTITUTIONS IN POST-SOVIET SOCIETIES #3, June 2005.
An electronic journal of social sciences
www.pipss.org/
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: "The influence of military culture on Russian and
post-Soviet societies"
Pipss.org is a new electronic journal of social sciences devoted to the
armed forces and power institutions of post-Soviet societies. Pipss.org is a
multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues across a broad field of
disciplines including sociology, anthropology, political science,
psychology, economics, history, legal science. Its main objective is to
study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet republics,
through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden from the
public eye: armies and power institutions. As an electronic journal,
pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate across as broad an audience
as possible, and make CIS research available to Western scholars. Thanks to
its international scientific board drawn from a large pool of leading
academics and experts in their respective fields, it is in a position to
become a leading source of analysis on post-Soviet societies.
THIRD ISSUE :
The issue editors of Vol. 3 would like to invite scholars and experts to
submit their papers for publication in a special issue on "The influence of
military culture on Russian and post-Soviet societies"
The aim of this issue is to study the influence, in all its various aspects,
of military culture on Russian society.
Therefore our first step will be to question ourselves about military
culture: although difficult to define, an attempt to identify the culture of
the military and evaluate how entrenched/ embodied that culture is in
national culture is necessary.
In recent years, references to military values and patriotism have pervaded
public debates and political discourse. Our intent is to study the impact
and significance of this phenomenon. To what extent can it be ascribed to an
ideological program devised at top state level, to what extent does it
correspond to popular 'demand'? The popularity of military and patriotic
values is due to a combination of both factors, which exert their influence
through various processes and practices, among which the following are
notable:
* the spreading of military values in the public sphere, through
political discourse: from songs, moevies... aimed at improving the forces'
own image among their countrymen to Putin's speeches;
* the spreading of military values through the public education system
(NVP);
* the fact that the military has taken over social problems the
government has not taken care of (such as the adoption of orphans, summer
camps for children, the revival of zarnitsas);
* Chechnya: to what extent the conflict has and continues to generate
a new perception of the military in Russian society and to what extent it
has affected a change in the military's values;
* the Cossack revival and the public adhesion to the military values
spread by Cossacks;
* the revival of Soviet-style practices (such as delation) and the
involvement of civilians in maintaining public order;
* the convergence of military and religious values in the context of
nationalistic discourse;
* Opposition to these tendencies in the form of anti-militarist
movements and the battle for alternative service...
Given the fact that military culture and values have played a very important
role in the construction of Soviet national identity, the observation and
analysis of these processes and practices in CIS countries (such as the
affirmation in public discourse of the need to revive spirit of patriotism
in Kazakhstan, the formation of squads of civilian volunteers to help patrol
the border in Belarus) can provide useful elements enabling us to understand
how these countries, each in its own way, deal with their Soviet past and
with the construction of post-Soviet reality.
Papers dealing with other issues related to armies and power institutions
in the CIS, as well as book review proposals are also welcome.
REVIEWS
Publishers interested in publicizing their editions, please send mail review
copies to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
15 rue Charlot
75003 Paris, France
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
For the forthcoming issues, the journal still welcomes articles that focus
on such topics as:
* "Dedovshchina", "Military and police elites".
* The fourth issue will be devoted to "Military and Security
structures and the Regions" (Issue 4).
guidelines for article submission
The journal will be published in four languages (French, English, Russian,
and German with a 100-word abstract in English) thanks to which most authors
will be able to write in their mother tongue. This will ensure greater
precision in the articles and avoid a decrease in scientific quality. But we
draw your attention to the fact that most pipss.org readers are essentially
English speakers, therefore we do encourage articles in English in order to
reach an audience as broad as possible.
The articles submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication at the same time. Manuscripts should be attached as Microsoft
Word format. (For more details about the guidelines for article submission
please check www.pipss.org or contact the Editorial Board). There should be
a cover page stating the author's background and affiliation, full address.
The deadline for submission is April 15, 2005, with publication in mid-June.
Final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.
Please send your contributions or inquiries to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Chief Editor, [log in to unmask] ;
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (3rd Issue Editor)
Anne Le Huérou (3rd Issue Editor)
Editorial Board : Eden Cole, Françoise Daucé, Gilles Favarel-Garrigue, Anne
Le Huérou, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel
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Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor
The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
http://www.pipss.org
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Editorial Board : Eden Cole, Françoise Daucé, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anne
Le Huérou, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel
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