Conscription, the Military, and Welfare State Development: An Introduction

Abstract: This paper discusses several possible causal mechanisms through which conscription and military interests might have shaped the development of western welfare states in the age of industrialized mass warfare. Relevant factors are military concerns about the quantity and quality of the population, the necessity to enhance legitimacy and to secure mass loyalty in times of war and military threat, and a growing pressure to compensate the ‘blood tax’ imposed by the draft with civic and social rights after the end of war

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die Entwicklung von Wehrpflicht, Militär und Wohlfahrtsstaat: Eine Einführung
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Conscription, the Military, and Welfare State Development: An Introduction ; volume:45 ; number:2 ; year:2020 ; pages:7-26 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 45, Heft 2 (2020), 7-26

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Obinger, Herbert

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.45.2020.2.7-26
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101409572331253829
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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