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Europe without Soldiers?Recruitment and Retention across the Armed Forces of Europe |
An informative consideration of the future of Europe's armed forces.
European armed forces are confronted with increasing recruitment and retention challenges as governments shift from compulsory service to all-volunteer forces, unprecedented population aging notwithstanding. This volume compares human-resource developments in both old and new NATO members as well as unaligned countries, including Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries' collective contribution to international stability is not to be underestimated: combined, they field about as many active military personnel as the United States.
In its cross-European approach to comparing variation in policy and trends across more than a dozen like-minded countries, the study offers empirically unparalleled insights into the permutations, that civil-military relations are undergoing in the twenty-first century. This book is indispensable reading for decision-makers, practitioners, military officers, scholars, and anyone with an interest in civil-military relations, the armed forces, and the future of European countries' contribution to international peace and security.
In its cross-European approach to comparing variation in policy and trends across more than a dozen like-minded countries, the study offers empirically unparalleled insights into the permutations, that civil-military relations are undergoing in the twenty-first century. This book is indispensable reading for decision-makers, practitioners, military officers, scholars, and anyone with an interest in civil-military relations, the armed forces, and the future of European countries' contribution to international peace and security.
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Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 146 in series)
288 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Centre for International Relations
ISBN 9781553392460
January 2011
Formats: Paperback
Tibor Szvircsev Tresch is the head for Military Sociology at the Military Academy at the ETH in Zurich.
Christian Leuprecht is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Christian Leuprecht is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Acknowledgements........................................................................................ v
INTRODUCTION
Whom Shall We Send: The Best of the Brightest or
the Worst of the Desperate?............................................................................1
Tibor Szvircsev Tresch and Christian Leuprecht
Part I - demographic aspects and minorities
in the armed forces
1. Recruitment and Retention of Ethnic Cultural Minorities in
the Dutch Armed Forces........................................................................21
Rudy Richardson
2. Socially Representative Armed Forces: A Demographic
Imperative................................................................................................35
Christian Leuprecht
3. Foreign Cadets’ Integration into the Hellenic Army
Academy..................................................................................................55
Georges Kaffes
4. The Socio-demographic Context of Military Recruitment in
Europe: A Differentiated Challenge.....................................................63
Wenke Apt
Part II - CONSCRIPT-BASED ARMED FORCES AND
RECRUITMENT
5. The Process of Vocational Choice and Young Germans’
Awareness of the Bundeswehr as a Potential Employer...................85
Thomas Bulmahn and Victoria Wieninger
6. Conscripts’ Willingness to Sign Up for International
Military Service.....................................................................................109
Johan Österberg and Berit Carlstedt
7. Recruitment in Austria: A Legal-Political Analysis..........................127
Arnold H. Kammel
Part III - the professionalization of armed
forces and the aspect of recruitment
8. Recruitment of Military Professionals by European
All-Volunteer Forces as Exemplified by Belgium,
the Netherlands, and Slovenia............................................................145
Tibor Szvircsev Tresch
9. Czech Armed Forces’ Professionalization versus
the Labour Market................................................................................165
Bohuslav Pernica and Tomáš Zipfel
10. The Professionalization Process of the Spanish Armed Forces........181
Beatriz Frieyro de Lara, as translated by Jaime A. Hermann
11. Professionalization and the Shift from Obligatory to
Voluntary Military Service in Poland: Challenges,
Tasks, and Social Context.....................................................................195
Marcin Sinczuch
12. Echoes of Empire: Addressing Gaps in Recruitment and
Retention in the British Army by Diversifying Recruitment
Pools........................................................................................................209
Christopher Dandeker and David Mason
Part IV - The retention of professional
soldiers in armed forces
13. Retaining Military Manpower: The Propensity to Re-enlist
in the Slovenian Armed Forces...........................................................235
Erik Kopac
14. Factors of Retention in the Private Corps in Poland........................251
Mariusz Wachowicz
15. The Intention of Inventing a New Retention Policy for
the Danish Armed Forces.....................................................................259
Henning Sørensen
Contributors.................................................................................................271
INTRODUCTION
Whom Shall We Send: The Best of the Brightest or
the Worst of the Desperate?............................................................................1
Tibor Szvircsev Tresch and Christian Leuprecht
Part I - demographic aspects and minorities
in the armed forces
1. Recruitment and Retention of Ethnic Cultural Minorities in
the Dutch Armed Forces........................................................................21
Rudy Richardson
2. Socially Representative Armed Forces: A Demographic
Imperative................................................................................................35
Christian Leuprecht
3. Foreign Cadets’ Integration into the Hellenic Army
Academy..................................................................................................55
Georges Kaffes
4. The Socio-demographic Context of Military Recruitment in
Europe: A Differentiated Challenge.....................................................63
Wenke Apt
Part II - CONSCRIPT-BASED ARMED FORCES AND
RECRUITMENT
5. The Process of Vocational Choice and Young Germans’
Awareness of the Bundeswehr as a Potential Employer...................85
Thomas Bulmahn and Victoria Wieninger
6. Conscripts’ Willingness to Sign Up for International
Military Service.....................................................................................109
Johan Österberg and Berit Carlstedt
7. Recruitment in Austria: A Legal-Political Analysis..........................127
Arnold H. Kammel
Part III - the professionalization of armed
forces and the aspect of recruitment
8. Recruitment of Military Professionals by European
All-Volunteer Forces as Exemplified by Belgium,
the Netherlands, and Slovenia............................................................145
Tibor Szvircsev Tresch
9. Czech Armed Forces’ Professionalization versus
the Labour Market................................................................................165
Bohuslav Pernica and Tomáš Zipfel
10. The Professionalization Process of the Spanish Armed Forces........181
Beatriz Frieyro de Lara, as translated by Jaime A. Hermann
11. Professionalization and the Shift from Obligatory to
Voluntary Military Service in Poland: Challenges,
Tasks, and Social Context.....................................................................195
Marcin Sinczuch
12. Echoes of Empire: Addressing Gaps in Recruitment and
Retention in the British Army by Diversifying Recruitment
Pools........................................................................................................209
Christopher Dandeker and David Mason
Part IV - The retention of professional
soldiers in armed forces
13. Retaining Military Manpower: The Propensity to Re-enlist
in the Slovenian Armed Forces...........................................................235
Erik Kopac
14. Factors of Retention in the Private Corps in Poland........................251
Mariusz Wachowicz
15. The Intention of Inventing a New Retention Policy for
the Danish Armed Forces.....................................................................259
Henning Sørensen
Contributors.................................................................................................271
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