Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discrimination in Military Culture - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0847693163 ISBN 13: 9780847693160

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999

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As compilations of collected articles go, Katzenstein's and Reppy's Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discrimination in Military Culture is admirably coherent. The twelve chapters and the lengthy introduction by the editors consistently deal with the main theme expressed in the title of the book. In many respects this is a very fine collection of essays. Much useful and fascinating information is presented regarding military dress codes, cross-national patterns of diversity in military forces, attitudes toward minority women in World War II, the changing status of military families and so on. H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online This is an excellent book. Sage Race Relations Abstracts Admirably coherent...a fine collection of essays. Minerva: Quarterly Report An excellent reminder that policies, rules, and increased recruitment of minorities alone are not enough to eradicate discrimination. If armed forces are to be successful in their fight against discrimination, they must develop a culture which welcomes and values diversity... This thought-provoking book is a must for anyone who is determined to achieve this objective. -- Air Marshall Pledger, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Rusi Journal

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The U.S. military has an exemplary set of rules governing both race relations and gender discrimination, and yet it has experienced repeated sex scandals and long-lingering racial tensions. This book takes on that paradox and critically examines the reasons underlying it. Tailhook and Aberdeen tell us that getting the rules right is not enough. Looking at institutional culture, however, shows us how the norms and daily practices of military life may condone and even encourage continued harassment and discrimination. This book seeks to provide those interested in policy as well as more theoretical analysis ways to think about how institutional culture is formed, how it works, and how it can be changed. Original essays from a variety of perspectives compare efforts to confront issues of diversity based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. The similarities among disparate cases are striking, and each chapter sheds new light on how discrimination may multiply its effects. As this book suggests, recruiting from an increasingly diverse demographic pool will improve prospects for the future but require changes in military culture_sooner rather than later.

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• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0847693163
• ISBN 13: 9780847693160
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
• Herausgeber: Katzenstein Mary Fainsod, Reppy Judith