Gender, Military Effectiveness, and Organizational Change The Swedish Model [Hardcover]

Through extensive analysis of the Swedish Armed Forces this study explores the possibilities and pitfalls of implementing of a gender perspective in military organizations and operations. It established a number of important lessons for similar attempts in other countries and discusses the continued process of implementation in the Swedish military1. Introduction: The Accomplishments and the Challenges 2. Gender, Feminism, and Military Effectiveness 3. Changing the Armed Forces 4. A Gender Perspective in the Field of Operations 5.Recruitment, harassment, and equal rights: Human Resources Policies.                                                                                6. Evaluating the Process and Impact of Change 7. Conclusion: Improving and Spreading the Implementation

If military units are to operate effectively in the population-centric operations of the 21st Century, as well as to combat sexual violence in war, the commanders, their staffs and their forces need to be properly prepared to meet the challenges they face, including understanding the gender aspects of operations. This book is therefore a timely and important contribution to that process and I commend it to those whose responsibility it is to train and prepare our soldiers, sailors, airmlC"