Gender Integration in NATO Military Forces

Cross-national Analysis

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Military Science, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
Cover of the book Gender Integration in NATO Military Forces by Lana Obradovic, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lana Obradovic ISBN: 9781317130147
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 15, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Lana Obradovic
ISBN: 9781317130147
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 15, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Yet despite changes and initiatives on both domestic and international levels to integrate gender perspectives into the military, not all states have improved to the same extent. Some have successfully promoted gender integration in the ranks by erasing all forms of discrimination, but others continue to impede it by setting limitations on equal access to careers, combat, and ranks. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusion and promote gender integration in a way that women’s military participation becomes an integral part of military force? By examining twenty-four NATO member states, this book argues that civilian policymakers and military leadership no longer surrender to parochial gendered division of the roles, but rather support integration to meet the recruitment numbers due to military modernization, professionalization and technological advancements. Moreover, it proposes that increased pressure by the United Nations to integrate gender into security and NATO seeking standardization and consistency on the international level, and women’s movements on the domestic level, are contributing to greater gender integration in the military.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Yet despite changes and initiatives on both domestic and international levels to integrate gender perspectives into the military, not all states have improved to the same extent. Some have successfully promoted gender integration in the ranks by erasing all forms of discrimination, but others continue to impede it by setting limitations on equal access to careers, combat, and ranks. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusion and promote gender integration in a way that women’s military participation becomes an integral part of military force? By examining twenty-four NATO member states, this book argues that civilian policymakers and military leadership no longer surrender to parochial gendered division of the roles, but rather support integration to meet the recruitment numbers due to military modernization, professionalization and technological advancements. Moreover, it proposes that increased pressure by the United Nations to integrate gender into security and NATO seeking standardization and consistency on the international level, and women’s movements on the domestic level, are contributing to greater gender integration in the military.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Civil Society in China by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Multiple Regression and Beyond by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Struggle Against the State by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Visible Thought by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745 by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book The Routledge Handbook of Strategic Communication by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Sociology And Nature by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book The Subject of Prostitution by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Exploration of the South Seas in the Eighteenth Century: Rediscovered Accounts, Volume II by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Collaborative Innovation by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Dissemination of Innovation (RLE Edu O) by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Transsexuality and the Art of Transitioning by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Great Economic Thinkers from the Classicals to the Moderns by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book The New Temperance by Lana Obradovic
Cover of the book Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development by Lana Obradovic
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy