Drafting community: understanding the fate of conscription
Material type: TextPublication details: 2004Subject(s): Online resources: In: Armed Forces and Society Vol 30 No 4, Summer 2004, pp.571-599 (3)Abstract: France like many other Western countries has abandoned conscription, but by contrast it has been reintroduced in Sweden. Drawing on these examples this article considers what factors are likely to influence social and political attitudes to conscription, and concludes that although conscription is less popular it has not disappeared as a method of raising military manpower.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | CONSCRIPTION (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 17556-1001 |
Entered on 11/NOV/2004 by CMP
France like many other Western countries has abandoned conscription, but by contrast it has been reintroduced in Sweden. Drawing on these examples this article considers what factors are likely to influence social and political attitudes to conscription, and concludes that although conscription is less popular it has not disappeared as a method of raising military manpower.
There are no comments on this title.