Stefano De Rosa: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

NameMr Stefano De Rosa
Address
Schweiz.- u. Int. Sicherheitspol.
ETH Zürich, IFW C 49.1
Haldeneggsteig 4
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-mailstefano.derosa@milak.ethz.ch
DepartmentHumanities, Social and Political Sciences
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
853-0051-00LMilitary Sociology II (with Exercises) Restricted registration - show details
Only for Public Policy BA
4 credits2V + 3UT. Szvircsev Tresch, S. De Rosa, T. Ferst
AbstractAddressing civil-military relations and the democratic control of armed forces. Highlighting the changes in the structures of European armed forces (technological, social and geostrategic changes). Examining the capability of society and military in Switzerland to maintain the militia principle.
Objective• To understand the development of defense structures in Europe due to social, technological, economic and geostrategic changes and to be able to identify the respective implications;
• to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of different systems of conscription;
• to understand the basic principles of exercising democratic control over armed forces;
• to be able to define the terms conscription and militia and to know the corresponding articles of the Federal Constitution;
• to be able to critically question the militia principle of the Swiss Armed Forces within the context of technological and social changes;
• to characterize the three different forms of cooperation in international military operations;
• to discuss technical research questions on the basis of individual research results or projects of the Department of Military Sociology.
ContentThe lecture "Military Sociology II" deals in detail with the question of why societies defend themselves against external threats. The lecture analyzes old and new wars, demonstrates tensions in civil-military relations and examines the influence of civil-democratic control of armed forces. It also provides an overview of current transformations of European armed forces (technological, social, economic, and geostrategic) and their influence on the acceptance and legitimation of the military in Western societies. This leads to the question of recruitment and manpower of armed forces and the societal need for alternative models of civic participation by the population. The lecture thus raises the pressing question of democratic control over societal areas which, due to socio-economic and technological developments, elude the traditional control mechanisms of Western societies. The course also addresses the aspect of diversity in the armed forces. Of organizational sociological interest is whether the armed forces constitute an organization like any other, or whether they represent a special case. Furthermore, the Swiss militia-type army is analyzed and the social prerequisites of maintaining the militia principle, as well as its limits for the Swiss Armed Forces are discussed.

This course will be completed by a compulsary one week course between terms.
Lecture notesA set of slides and supplementary literature will be provided for each lecture. The texts are accompanied by a set of questions which serve as exam preparation and will be partially discussed in the lecture.
LiteratureA selection of traditional as well as current texts will be distributed in the lecture.
Prerequisites / NoticeNone
853-0051-01LMilitary Sociology II (without Exercises)3 credits2VT. Szvircsev Tresch, S. De Rosa, T. Ferst
AbstractAddressing civil-military relations and the democratic control of armed forces. Highlighting the changes in the structures of European armed forces (technological, social and geostrategic changes). Examining the capability of society and military in Switzerland to maintain the militia principle.
Objective• To understand the development of defense structures in Europe due to social, technological, economic and geostrategic changes and to be able to identify the respective implications;
• to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of different systems of conscription;
• to understand the basic principles of exercising democratic control over armed forces;
• to be able to define the terms conscription and militia and to know the corresponding articles of the Federal Constitution;
• to be able to critically question the militia principle of the Swiss Armed Forces within the context of technological and social changes;
• to characterize the three different forms of cooperation in international military operations;
• to discuss technical research questions on the basis of individual research results or projects of the Department of Military Sociology.
ContentThe lecture "Military Sociology II" deals in detail with the question of why societies defend themselves against external threats. The lecture analyzes old and new wars, demonstrates tensions in civil-military relations and examines the influence of civil-democratic control of armed forces. It also provides an overview of current transformations of European armed forces (technological, social, economic, and geostrategic) and their influence on the acceptance and legitimation of the military in Western societies. This leads to the question of recruitment and manpower of armed forces and the societal need for alternative models of civic participation by the population. The lecture thus raises the pressing question of democratic control over societal areas which, due to socio-economic and technological developments, elude the traditional control mechanisms of Western societies. The course also addresses the aspect of diversity in the armed forces. Of organizational sociological interest is whether the armed forces constitute an organization like any other, or whether they represent a special case. Furthermore, the Swiss militia-type army is analyzed and the social prerequisites of maintaining the militia principle, as well as its limits for the Swiss Armed Forces are discussed.
Lecture notesA set of slides and supplementary literature will be provided for each lecture. The texts are accompanied by a set of questions which serve as exam preparation and will be partially discussed in the lecture.
LiteratureA selection of traditional as well as current texts will be distributed in the lecture.
Prerequisites / NoticeNone