Service to country [[electronic resource] ] : personnel policy and the transformation of Western militaries / / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (519 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.3/30068
• Soggetto topico: Military administration; Armed Forces - Personnel management
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GilroyCurtis L WilliamsCindy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I The Changing Environment; Chapter 2 The Transformation of European Military Capability, 1989-2005; Chapter 3 Coping with Demography in NATO Europe; Chapter 4 Impact of NATO Membership on Military Service in the Baltic States; Part II The Choice of Personnel Model; Chapter 5 The Economic Case for All-Volunteer Forces; Chapter 6 The New Danish Model; Chapter 7 General Conscription and Wartime Reserve in Finland; Chapter 8 An All-Volunteer Force in Disguise; Part III The Transition to All-Volunteer Forces ; Chapter 9 The Transition to an All-Volunteer ForceChapter 10 Cash and In-kind Compensation Policies for a Volunteer Force; Chapter 11 The British Experience with an All-Volunteer Force; Chapter 12 Transition to an All-Volunteer Force; Chapter 13 The All-Volunteer Spanish Armed Forces; Chapter 14 Romania's Transition to an All-Volunteer Force; Chapter 15 Recruitment in a Period of Transformation; Part IV Transforming Reserve Policies; Chapter 16 Sustaining an Effective Reserve; Chapter 17 Transformation of the Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forces ; Chapter 18 Strategic Trends for Reserves in Small European CountriesConclusion; Chapter 19 The Way Ahead; About the Authors; Index; The Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Sommario/riassunto: Motivated, able, and well-trained military personnel are essential to the success of any military, and personnel policies are crucial to getting and keeping qualified servicemen and women. The transformation of personnel policies is an important element of the broader transformation occurring in Western militaries. Across Europe and North America, nations are embracing plans to change military personnel policies to build future capabilities consistent with new strategic environments and with the demographic and societal realities of the future. For many nations, a key reform is to shift from a conscript military to a smaller, all-volunteer force. Other important reforms include expanding recruitment capacity, improving working conditions, revamping career paths, overhauling compensation systems and increasing military pay, modernizing pension plans, improving the quality of life for military members and their families, and improving the post-service prospects for those who serve. Service to Country explores the ongoing transformation of military personnel policies in Europe and North America, looking at causes as well as potential costs and benefits of personnel policy transformation. Contributors to the volume, from both Europe and North America, include experts from militaries, governments, universities, and think tanks; practitioners and scholars; economists, political scientists, sociologists, and a demographer. ContributorsJennifer Buck, Deborah Clay-Mendez, Sylvain Daffix, Chris Donnelly, Curtis Gilroy, Keith Hartley, Hannu Herranen, Bertel Heurlin, Jolyon Howorth, Gerhard Kummel, Juan Lopez Diaz, Karen McKenney, Mihaela Matei, Vincent Medina, Sebastian Negrusa, Cyr-Denis Nidier, Bernard Rostker, Robert St. Onge, Rickard Sandell, Peter Svec, Vaidotas Urbelis, Domenico Villani, John Warner, Cindy Williams, John D. Winkler
• Titolo autorizzato: Service to country
• ISBN: 1-282-09903-5; 9786612099038; 0-262-27384-5; 1-4294-8396-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452356803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BCSIA studies in international security.