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The comparative study of conscription in the armed forces
This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; conscrip...
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| Format: | e-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
JAI,
c2002.
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| Series: | Comparative social research ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Full-text access |
| Summary: | This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; conscription in third world armies; gender-issues in relation to military service; the present phenomenon of child soldiers in Africa; the decline of conscript armies in Western Europe. A review section discusses the contribution of rational choice theory to the analysis of conscription into military forces. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 424 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-424) |
| ISBN: | 9781849501316 (electronic bk.) : 1849501319 (electronic bk.) : |
| ISSN: | 0195-6310 ; |