Cultural diversity in the Armed Forces : an international comparison / edited by Joseph Soeters and Jan van der Meulen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soeters, J.

Meulen, Jan van der, 1951-

Series:

Cass military studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Minorities--Case studies.

Armed Forces.

Diversity in the workplace--Case studies.

Diversity in the workplace.

Armed Forces--Minorities.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

society, at best, very much is work in progress. This book will be of interest to students of military studies, sociology, gender and political science.

Contents:

2 Diversity in the armed forces of the United States / Charles Moskos 15

3 Diversity in the Canadian forces / Donna Winslow, Phyllis Browne, Angela Febbraro 31

4 Indigenous integration into the Bolivian and Ecuadorean armed forces / Brian R. Selmeski 48

5 Diversity in the Brazilian armed forces / Celso Castro 64

6 Diversity in the South African armed forces / Lindy Heinecken 77

7 Diversity in the Eritrean armed forces / Mussie Teclemichael Tessema 95

8 Diversity in the Indian armed forces / Leena Parmar 111

9 Diversity in the Israel Defense Forces / Edna Lomsky-Feder, Eyal Ben-Ari 125

10 Ethnic diversity in the British armed forces / Christopher Dandeker, David Mason 140

11 Diversity in the French armed forces / Bernard Boene, Claude Weber 154

12 Diversity in the German armed forces / Heiko Biehl, Paul Klein, Gerhard Kummel 171

13 Diversity in the Belgian armed forces / Philippe Manigart 185

14 Diversity in the Dutch armed forces / Rudy Richardson, Jolanda Bosch, Rene Moelker 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415392020

9780415392020

0203967402

9780203967409

OCLC:

70114508