Open AccessYoung Australians’ Attitudes to the Military and Military Service
Author(s) -
Ben Wadham,
Grace Skrzypiec,
Phillip T. Slee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244014547197
Subject(s) - military service , military sociology , civil–military relations , military psychology , military science , military personnel , military medical ethics , military theory , revolution in military affairs , military operations other than war , military justice , military threat , military history , political science , military organization , military operation , military terminology , law , spanish civil war , politics , history , ancient history , nursing ethics
What are young Australians’ understandings of, and attitudes to,the military and military service? This article describes a pilot study of 320 youngAustralian university students’ attitudes to the military and military service during atime when Australia was engaged in the Afghanistan war. The main purpose of this studywas to develop a survey instrument for further work in researching civil–militaryrelations in Australia. Civil–military relations describe the complex set ofrelationships between the civil and military spheres. The role of the military, therelationship between the state and the military, the division of labor between civilianand military entities, foreign policy, and knowledge of military service are some of thefields that constitute a study of civil–military relations. This article reports onbeliefs about, and attitudes to the specificities of military service and responses tothe broader field of civil–military relations
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