Militarization is the contested social process through which a CSO for the production of military violences. Andre Bickford explored
the process of militarization, by which soldiers are made and unmade by
the state. Andrew Bickford claims that soldiers have to be "constructed" because according to him no one is born a soldier, and soldiers who are made can be
unmade. He also states that the state must construct a powerful ideal of a soldier.