Gender Integration In Nato Military Forces

Numerous States Have Passed Gender Integration Legislation Permanently Admitting Women Into Their Military Forces. As A Result, States Have Dramatically Increased Women's Numbers, And Improved Gender Equality By Removing A Number Of Restrictions. Yet Despite Changes And Initiatives On Both Domestic And International Levels To Integrate Gender Perspectives Into The Military, Not All States Have Improved To The Same Extent. Some Have Successfully Promoted Gender Integration In The Ranks By Erasing All Forms Of Discrimination, But Others Continue To Impede It By Setting Limitations On Equal Access To Careers, Combat, And Ranks. Why Do States Abandon Their Policies Of Exclusion And Promote Gender Integration In A Way That Women's Military Participation Becomes An Integral Part Of Military Force? By Examining Twenty-four Nato Member States, This Book Argues That Civilian Policymakers And Military Leadership No Longer Surrender To Parochial Gendered Division Of The Roles, But Rather Support Integration To Meet The Recruitment Numbers Due To Military Modernization, Professionalization And Technological Advancements. Moreover, It Proposes That Increased Pressure By The United Nations To Integrate Gender Into Security And Nato Seeking Standardization And Consistency On The International Level, And Women's Movements On The Domestic Level, Are Contributing To Greater Gender Integration In The Military.-- Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.introduction -- 2.gender Integration In The Military: Conceptual And Theoretical Framework -- 3.cross-national Analysis Of Gender Integration Policies In Nato: Measuring And Comparing Gender Integration Policies -- 4.gender Integration In The Original Members Of Nato: Case Studies Of The United States And Italy -- 5.gender Integration In The New Members Of Nato: Case Studies Of Poland And Hungary -- 6.conclusion. By Lana Obradovic. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.