02169cam a22003971a 4500991017669079708606SpMaBN20250801162431.0m d cr un|||||||||090508s2002 ne a |o|||| 000 0 eng d9781849501316electronic bk.1849501319electronic bk.9780762308361hbk.0762308362hbk.(OCoLC)1081396378(SpMaBN)a6387838VVLengVVLZJCThe comparative study of conscription in the armed forces[electronic resource] /edited by Lars Mjøset, Stephen van Holde.Amsterdam ;New York :JAI,c2002.1 online resource (xix, 424 p.) :ill.Texto (visual)isbdcontentelectrónicoisbdmediaComparative social research,0195-6310 ;v. 20Registro generado automáticamente a partir de metadatos facilitados por Emerald PublishingIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-424)This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; conscription in third world armies; gender-issues in relation to military service; the present phenomenon of child soldiers in Africa; the decline of conscript armies in Western Europe. A review section discusses the contribution of rational choice theory to the analysis of conscription into military forces.Description based on print version record.https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1016/S0195-6310%282002%2920Acceso electrónicoAcceso disponible sólo desde la Biblioteca NacionalEmeraldSSbacklista638783816387838MONOMODERNACCESO REMOTOALPHANUM16387838-1001EN_LINEABNMADRIDYYNO_PRESTA19/12/2018MONO_MODERCOMPRA