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This unique study of military unionism shows how the changing
nature of present day conflicts has made soldier representation
more important then ever. This new collection of essays clearly
establish the key factors in the military union debate in recent
years and highlight the mechanisms different armed forces have
created to deal with the aspirations of their members. Core issues
covered include: the nature of organizational and force
restructuring since the end of the Cold War the new structures of
military employment changes in value systems, such as rising
individualism and the new culture of recruits legal, political,
social and economic factors driving the debate. Placing military
unionism in comparative perspective, these chapters provide the
reader with an excellent basis for the examination of international
military unionism from the viewpoint of countries with no unions,
those recently unionised and those unionised for some time. This
new book will be of great interest to students, researchers and
professionals in military studies, defence management and sociology
of the armed forces.
This unique study of military unionism shows how the changing
nature of present day conflicts has made soldier representation
more important then ever. This new collection of essays clearly
establish the key factors in the military union debate in recent
years and highlight the mechanisms different armed forces have
created to deal with the aspirations of their members. Core issues
covered include: the nature of organizational and force
restructuring since the end of the Cold War the new structures of
military employment changes in value systems, such as rising
individualism and the new culture of recruits legal, political,
social and economic factors driving the debate. Placing military
unionism in comparative perspective, these chapters provide the
reader with an excellent basis for the examination of international
military unionism from the viewpoint of countries with no unions,
those recently unionised and those unionised for some time. This
new book will be of great interest to students, researchers and
professionals in military studies, defence management and sociology
of the armed forces.
It is an honor for us to introduce this collection of essays, which
is dedicated to an old friend and colleague who is no longer with
us. It is an honor, but also a pleasure because we feel like
continuing a dialogue with Jurgen; one that has never broken down
over the years, revisiting and recalling the diff- ent places and
occasions where we met, discussed, collaborated and had fun. We,
that is, Giuseppe Caforio, Christopher Dandeker and Gerhard Kummel
who have been friends and/or colleagues of and research
collaborators with Jurgen and who represent three prominent
institutions and organizations with which Jurgen worked, felt that
this book is something we owe to Jurgen and we are grateful that
many people who at different times and at different places had
contact with Jurgen and his work were willing to contribute a
chapter to this anthology. Most of Jurgen's studies, professional
work and research activities took place at the Bundeswehr Institute
of Social Sciences (SOWI). Jurgen, born in 1938, had joined the
Bundeswehr in 1957 and had already worked at the SOWI's predecessor
institution, the Scientific Institute for Education in the Armed
Forces from 1971 onwards after having finished his university? st-
ies. Since this institute was renamed SOWI in 1974, Jurgen belonged
to the first generation of researchers that worked at the SOWI.
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