Rita J Simon

Women in the Military

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. Drawing upon social science research, historical data, and contemporary opinion surveys, Women in the Military is a cutting-edge assessment of a major gender issues in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 148mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780765806192
• ISBN-10: 0765806193
• Artikelnr.: 21741455

Autorenporträt

Rita James Simon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Either You Need These Women or You Do Not: Informing the Debate on Military Service and Citizenship
2: Women and War: Ten Years On
3: Gender and the Propensity to Enlist in the U.S. Military
4: Army Opinions about Women in the Army
5: Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Navy: Perceptions of Active-Duty African American Women
6: Feminism and the Exclusion of Army Women from Combat
7: Sexuality: Histories, Behaviors, and Lifestyles that Impact Unit Readiness and Cohesion
8: Women and Readiness