Ekonomi och samhälle Economics and Society Skrifter utgivna vid Svenska handelshögskolan Publications of the Hanken School of Economics Nr 193 Teemu Tallberg The Gendered Social Organisation of Defence Two Ethnographic Case Studies in the Finnish Defence Forces Helsinki 2009 < The Gendered Social Organisation of Defence: Two Ethnographic Case Studies in the Finnish Defence Forces. Key words: Civil-military relations, ethnography, the Finnish Defence Forces, gender, masculinities, men, military, New Public Management, peacekeeping, security, social networks © Hanken School of Economics & Teemu Tallberg Teemu Tallberg Hanken School of Economics Department of Management and Organisation P.O.Box 479, 00101 Helsinki, Finland Distributor: Library Hanken School of Economics P.O.Box 479 00101 Helsinki, Finland Telephone: +358-9-431 33 376, +358-9-431 33 265 Fax: +358-9-431 33 425 E-mail:
[email protected] http://www.hanken.fi ISBN 978-952-232-019-3 (printed) ISBN 978-952-232-020-9 (PDF) ISSN 0424-7256 Edita Prima Ltd, Helsinki 2009 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ‘Thanking’ originates etymologically from the same source as ‘thinking’. Doctoral theses – as many other outputs – are too often regarded solely as accomplishments of individual authors, their thinking and hard work. This has been one of the lessons that I have, hopefully, learned during the demanding PhD process: relying on one’s own thoughts is much easier when balanced by actively welcoming and tapping into those of others. There are many who have shared their thoughts with me during my doctoral studies – be that face-to-face or through their work – and many in whose thoughts I know I have been.