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Although the participation of women in the military has been the subject of attention in the social sciences since the 1970s, there has been no specific focus on this issue within the context of the European Union. The aim of this book is to redress this imbalance. Exploring the policies adopted in the United Kingdom, Germany and France over the past 20 years, it situates them in the unique context of the European Union. Through a survey of the political and legal dimensions of the wider recruitment of women into a professional milieu that has long remained a male stronghold, Irene Eulriet traces variations between the three countries back to differences in their public cultures. In doing so, she exposes the complex frameworks within which national military institutions operate and shows, on the basis of her European findings, that patterns of women's military participation vary in shape and content beyond what is commonly assumed.
| Acknowledgements | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Women in the Military-Dominant Approaches | p. 10 |
| The civil-military divide | p. 11 |
| The public-private divide | p. 18 |
| Europe-A Liberal Space | p. 29 |
| European law and policy | p. 30 |
| European public cultures | p. 41 |
| The United Kingdom-Preserving Effectiveness | p. 52 |
| Market demands versus effectiveness | p. 54 |
| Effectiveness, emotion and male combat | p. 61 |
| Germany-Safeguarding the Family | p. 70 |
| Duty and opportunities in the military | p. 71 |
| Female care work as a social imperative | p. 77 |
| France-Achieving Equality | p. 85 |
| From quotas to equality | p. 86 |
| Towards a state of in-distinction | p. 92 |
| Conclusion | p. 100 |
| Women's Military Participation in the UK, Germany and France: Statistical Data | p. 111 |
| Women's Military Participation in the UK, Germany and France: Historical Perspectives | p. 113 |
| Schematic summary of the orders of worth (polities) | p. 116 |
| Notes | p. 117 |
| Bibliography | p. 146 |
| Name Index | p. 167 |
| Subject Index | p. 168 |
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ISBN: 9780230206892
ISBN-10: 0230206891
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 184
Published: 24th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.3 x 14.4
x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.341
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