Military Workfare - The Soldier and Social Citizenship in Canada

Informationen zum Autor By Deborah Cowen Klappentext 'In this illuminating and original work, Deborah Cowen skillfully unfolds the pivotal connections between mass war and modern citizenship and offers intriguing insights into the new and complex relationships between the war on terror, the rebirth of national militarism, the masculine warrior, and neo-liberal workfare. Military Workfare is a must read for students of contemporary public policy and citizenship politics in Canada.'-Janine Brodie, Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Social Governance, University of Alberta Zusammenfassung Paying particular attention to the rise of neoliberalism and the emergence of civilian workfare! Military Workfare looks to the institution of the military to unsettle established ideas about the past and raise new questions about our collective future.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Cowen
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2008
• EAN: 9780802092335
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9233-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy; Studies in Comparative Politic; Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy; Studies in Comparative Politic
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories