Title: The Military : more than just a job? /
Authors: Moskos, Charles C.; Wood, Frank R.
Publisher: Pergamon-Brassey's International Defense Publishers,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Sociology, Military.; Armed Forces Vocational guidance
Contents: pt. 1. Institution versus occupation. Introduction -- Institutional and occupational trends in Armed Forces -- At the cutting edge of institutional and occupational trends : the U.S. Air Force Officer Corps -- The institutional organization model and the military -- The social psychology of military service and the influence of bureaucratic rationalism -- pt. 2. Issues in the American military. The military and the family as greedy institutions -- Sex roles in the military -- Race relations in the military -- Value formation at the Air Force Academy -- pt. 3. Comparative perspectives. Great Britain -- Federal Republic of Germany -- France -- Australia -- The Netherlands -- Greece -- Switzerland -- Israel -- pt. 4. Institution versus occupation reconsidered. Institution building in an occupational world.