Sökning: "military veterans"

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  1. 1. Empirical essays on military service and the labour market

    Författare :Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Paul Bingley; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Military recruitment; military labour market; military veterans; peacekeeping; earnings; labour market marginalisation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers that study empirical questions related to military service and the labour market.Paper [I] studies the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the number of people who volunteer for military service in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stress in military settings

    Författare :Niclas Wisén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Stress in military is often related to either mental health or performance. When it comes to mental health most of the literature is concerned with the possible negative effect from exposure to combat related trauma or other stressors related to deployment. Performance on the other hand is more often related to training. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Suicide, violent crime, divorce and mortality in deployed military veterans

    Författare :Carl-Martin Pethrus; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : It has long been known that individuals deployed to war and conflict zones might suffer from mental health problems after returning home. This thesis investigated suicide, violent crime, divorce and marriage in deployed Swedish military veterans (study I-III), as well as all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Nordic military veterans (study IV), deployed between 1990 and 2013. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Personligt mod : Om krigsdekorationer som mjuk normstyrning under insatsen i Afghanistan åren 2008-2012

    Författare :Magna Robertsson; Jan Hallenberg; Ulrika Mörth; Anders Ivarsson Westerberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; metagovernance; soft norm governance; new institutionalism; logic by values; military ethics; norms; veteran policy; reward system; war decorations; Merit Medal; courage; Swedish Armed Forces; international military operations; Afghanistan; metagovernance; mjuk normstyrning; nyinstitutionalism; värdebaserad logik; professionsetik; militär yrkesetik; normer; veteranpolitik; belöningssystem; krigsdekorationer; förtjänstmedalj; mod; Försvarsmakten; internationella insatser; Afghanistan; Political Science; statsvetenskap; Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden;

    Sammanfattning : During the 2000s, Sweden has pursued an active foreign and security policy. This has meant participation in several international military operations and has left many Swedish soldiers and officers with combat experience. LÄS MER

  7. 5. From Frontline to Homefront : The Global Homeland in Contemporary U.S. War Fiction

    Författare :Kristen Rau; David Watson; Danuta Fjellestad; Caren Irr; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Global Homeland; derealized warfare; direct warfare; military-civilian relations; sanitization of warfare; state fantasy; War on Terror; War on Terror fiction; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Criticized for providing a simplified depiction of a post-9/11 United States, contemporary American “War on Terror” fiction has been largely neglected by critical discourse. In this dissertation, I argue that this fiction offers a vital engagement with how the War on Terror is waged, and how the fantasies and policies of the Global Homeland inform it. LÄS MER