Women and the Military in Europe Comparing Public Cultures

by Eulriet, Iréne; Eulriet, Irène

• ISBN13: 9780230206892
• ISBN10: 0230206891
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Women's military participation has attracted attention since the 1970s across the social sciences. But their participation within the European Union has been neglected as an object of inquiry. This book explores the policies adopted in the United Kingdom, Germany and France over the past 20 years and situates them in the unique context of the European Union, tracing variations between the three countries back to differences in their public cultures. In doing so, the book surveys the cultural, political and legal dimensions of the wider recruitment of women into this professional milieu that has remained a male stronghold. The book exposes the complex institutional frameworks within which national military apparatuses operate and shows that patterns of women's military participation vary in shape and content compared to the usual accounts given.

Author Biography

Irne Eulriet is Research Fellow at the Institut de recherche stratgique de I'cole militaire (IRSEM) and a member of the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale (GSPM/EHESS), both located in Paris, France.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Women in the Military-Dominant Approaches	p. 10
The civil-military divide	p. 11
The public-private divide	p. 18
Europe-A Liberal Space	p. 29
European law and policy	p. 30
European public cultures	p. 41
The United Kingdom-Preserving Effectiveness	p. 52
Market demands versus effectiveness	p. 54
Effectiveness, emotion and male combat	p. 61
Germany-Safeguarding the Family	p. 70
Duty and opportunities in the military	p. 71
Female care work as a social imperative	p. 77
France-Achieving Equality	p. 85
From quotas to equality	p. 86
Towards a state of in-distinction	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 100
Women's Military Participation in the UK, Germany and France: Statistical Data	p. 111
Women's Military Participation in the UK, Germany and France: Historical Perspectives	p. 113
Schematic summary of the orders of worth (polities)	p. 116
Notes	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 146
Name Index	p. 167
Subject Index	p. 168
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