ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the way reflexivity has been present or absent in military studies, namely in the subfield of armed forces and society, through a selective review of existing literature. Attempts at framing the identity of military sociology, or the broader area of armed forces and society, have been overwhelmingly directed towards mapping theoretical and methodological frameworks. In Armed Forces and International Security-Global Trends and Issues, Callaghan and Kernic assembled a large collection of articles that trace major trends in the development of the study of armed forces and society since World War II. Power dynamics, emotional management and ethical issues are some of the research relationship aspects that should be duly recognized and monitored. Reflexivity plays the role of giving visibility and monitoring the not conscious nature of these dynamics that anchor the construction of the object.
