Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects?
Countries with conscripted troops became a minority since the end of the Cold War. In this new reality it is essential to understand why the shift to all-volunteer forces happened, how occurred and the impacts caused in European societies. Large number of troops became pointless, the service was now...
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CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2009-12-01
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| description | Countries with conscripted troops became a minority since the end of the Cold War. In this new reality it is essential to understand why the shift to all-volunteer forces happened, how occurred and the impacts caused in European societies. Large number of troops became pointless, the service was now seen as a burden and different types of military action implied a new system. Public debate has not taken place, mainly occurring among experts. In general the transition periods are shorter than the ones determined by law. There are several kinds of impacts in this change: structural changes (e.g. downsizing of the armed services and distinct alterations among the three services); recruitment, resettlement and retention; institutional impact (e.g. liberalization of leadership styles and the cultural change caused by the increased presence of servicewomen and minorities); and socio-political impact. AVF still need to respond to the sustainability issue and to the need of higher force levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6683a7baa9544a9b4d307ba00637b342023-03-21T16:01:41ZengCICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Universidade Nova de LisboaForum Sociológico0872-83802182-74272009-12-0119496010.4000/sociologico.347Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects?Bernard Boene0Reitor da Académie de la Réunion, Professor na Université de Rennes II, France.Countries with conscripted troops became a minority since the end of the Cold War. In this new reality it is essential to understand why the shift to all-volunteer forces happened, how occurred and the impacts caused in European societies. Large number of troops became pointless, the service was now seen as a burden and different types of military action implied a new system. Public debate has not taken place, mainly occurring among experts. In general the transition periods are shorter than the ones determined by law. There are several kinds of impacts in this change: structural changes (e.g. downsizing of the armed services and distinct alterations among the three services); recruitment, resettlement and retention; institutional impact (e.g. liberalization of leadership styles and the cultural change caused by the increased presence of servicewomen and minorities); and socio-political impact. AVF still need to respond to the sustainability issue and to the need of higher force levels.https://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/347all-volunteer forcesmilitary servicechange effectssustainabilityforças armadas voluntáriasserviço militarefeitos da mudançasustentabilidade |
| spellingShingle | Bernard Boene Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? Forum Sociológico all-volunteer forces military service change effects sustainability forças armadas voluntárias serviço militar efeitos da mudança sustentabilidade |
| title | Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? |
| title_full | Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? |
| title_fullStr | Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? |
| title_short | Shifting to all-volunteer armed forces in Europe: Why, how, with what effects? |
| title_sort | shifting to all volunteer armed forces in europe why how with what effects |
| topic | all-volunteer forces military service change effects sustainability forças armadas voluntárias serviço militar efeitos da mudança sustentabilidade |
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