The comparative study of conscription in the armed forces

• Other Authors: Mjøset, Lars, Van Holde, Stephen
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, c2002.
• Series: Comparative social research ; v. 20.
• Subjects: Draft.; Land forces & warfare.; Naval forces & warfare.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 424 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-424)
• ISBN: 9781849501316 (electronic bk.) : 1849501319 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 0195-6310 ;

This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; conscription in third world armies; gender-issues in relation to military service; the present phenomenon of child soldiers in Africa; the decline of conscript armies in Western Europe. A review section discusses the contribution of rational choice theory to the analysis of conscription into military forces.