Overview
Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Yet despite changes and initiatives on both domestic and international levels to integrate gender perspectives into the military, not all states have improved to the same extent. Some have successfully promoted gender integration in the ranks by erasing all forms of discrimination, but others continue to impede it by setting limitations on equal access to careers, combat, and ranks. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusion and promote gender integration in a way that women’s military participation becomes an integral part of military force? By examining twenty-four NATO member states, this book argues that civilian policymakers and military leadership no longer surrender to parochial gendered division of the roles, but rather support integration to meet the recruitment numbers due to military modernization, professionalization and technological advancements. Moreover, it proposes that increased pressure by the United Nations to integrate gender into security and NATO seeking standardization and consistency on the international level, and women’s movements on the domestic level, are contributing to greater gender integration in the military. Winner of the 2015 ERGOMAS ""Best Book in Civil-Military Relations"" Award.
Full Product Details
Author: Lana Obradovic ,
Professor Pauline Gardiner Barber ,
Professor Marianne H. Marchand ,
Professor Jane L. Parpart
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.566kg
ISBN: 9781409464761
ISBN 10: 1409464768
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 23 July 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'I have long recommended Lana Obradovic's careful and comprehensive work on women in NATO military forces. Now her book brings it all together - combining history, theory, statistical analysis, and well-designed comparative case studies to trace the different causes and speeds of women's military integration in older and newer NATO members. The book instantly becomes the definitive work on the topic.'Joshua S. Goldstein, American University, Washington, DC, USA
Author Information
Currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska Omaha, Lana Obradovic has held teaching positions at Yonsei University in South Korea, St. John’s University, Mercy College and CUNY in New York City.
