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The Military and the Family as Greedy Institutions: Then and Now

Abstract: In response to a request for this 50th anniversary issue of Armed Forces & Society, I was one of the 10 fortunate authors (and their co-authors) whose work was chosen for …

Effects of state-level individual mandate on Veterans' access to health care in the United States

Abstract: Following the repeal of the federal individual health insurance mandate, five states and D.C. adopted their own state-level individual mandates to counteract the …

American support of public programs for Veterans: Estimates from a national survey including a discrete choice experiment

Abstract: Do Americans see veterans as particularly deserving or simply as other members of their community? From a nationally representative survey fielded between June and …

Emergent Veteran Identity: Toward a New Theory of Veteran Identity in Israeli Society

Abstract: Israeli society has seen a gradual decrease in the proportion of compulsory and reserve soldiers amid growing criticism of the military from those who have previously …

Mental health of Canadian children growing up in military families: The child perspective

Abstract: A recent scoping review indicated military-connected children face stressors that may increase mental health issues. However, the majority of the included literature was …

Social Mobility and Promotion of Officers to Senior Ranks in the Royal Navy: Meritocracy or Class Ceiling?

Abstract: This article examines the extent to which socioeconomic background affects the chances of promotion to senior ranks within the Royal Navy and how the upwardly mobile …

Conscription and Democracy: The Mythology of Civil— Military Relations

Abstract: The assumption of a mutually conditional relationship between democracy and conscription is a persistent aspect of the debate on civil—military relations. This article …