Gender and the Military: Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies

ISBN-13: 9780415472081 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 282 str.

Carreiras Helen

Opis

Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Women in the Military: A Global Overview  2. Gender Relations, Gendered Organizations and the Military  3. Social and Political Dilemmas of Women’s Military Service  4. The Military Institution and Social Change  5. Gender Integration in the Armed Forces: A Cross-National Comparison of Policies and Practices in the NATO Countries  6. Portugal and the Netherlands: Military and Social Contexts  7. Interpersonal Dynamics of Gender Integration: The Case of the Officer Corps  Concluding Remarks  Conclusion  Appendices  Bibliography Index

O autorze

Helena Carreiras is professor at the department of sociology of the University Institute for Labor, Business and Technologies (ISCTE) and researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) in Lisbon. Her research interests include armed forces and society, gender issues and methodology of the social sciences. She has published Mulheres nas Forças Armadas Portuguesas (Women in the Portuguese Armed Forces) (1997) and Mulheres em Armas. A Participação Militar Feminina na Europa do Sul (Women in Arms. The Military Participation of Women in Southern Europe) (2002).