Contemporary Military Reserves

This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies.

Autorentext

Eyal Ben-Ari was formerly Professor of Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is now fellow of the Center for Society, Security and Peace at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel.

Vincent Connelly is Professor of Psychology at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Klappentext

This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies.

Zusammenfassung
This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Negotiating Reservists: Transmigration and Multiple Contracts Between the Military and Civilian Spheres 2. A Conceptual Framework for Examining the Role of Identity in the Experiences of U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers 3. Transmigration, Voluntary Service and Complementary Careers: A Comparison of Canadian Regular and Reserve Force Military Members 4. Measuring Regular and Reserve Force Integration in the Canadian Armed Forces **Identity and Motivation 5. Ex-regulars in the British Army Reserve: "Just here for the money?" 6. Motivations of the Argentinian Reservists to Join the Army Transferring Skills 7. Multiple Contracts Concept as Opportunity to Ease Challenges for Estonian Employers' Obligations Concerning Employees' Reserve Service in Military 8. The Possibilities and Limits of Military Reservists' Civilian Skills for Armed Forces Political Dimensions* 9. Building Bridges with Society? Reservists and the democratization* of Armed Forces in Argentina 10. Militarism and Self-Portrait of Reservists as Second-rate Soldiers in South Korea 11. Afterword