women in the armed forces of western democracies
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Carreiras, Helena
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 52 2006
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, krijgsmacht, militaire beroepen, Portugal, Nederland, NAVO, statistiek
- Description
- This is a comparative, cross-national study of the participation of women in the armed forces of NATO countries. .This study employs mixed-methodological research design combining quantitative and qualitative data - a large N-analysis based on general policies and statistical information concerning every country in the sample with more in-depth case-studies. This volume includes original empirical data regarding the presence of women in the armed forces of NATO countries, proposes an index of ‘gender inclusiveness’ and assesses the factors that affect women’s military roles. The book also presents two new key case studies – Portugal and the Netherlands - based on both documentary sources and in-depth interviews of both men and women officers in the two countries.