Queen Margarethe II Wants You! Diversity in the Danish Armed Forces

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  • Gary John Schaub Jr
The Danish Armed Forces face the functional imperative of becoming a smaller, professional expeditionary force and the societal imperative of including women and ethnic minorities. It currently lags behind its NATO partners in gender and ethnic diversity. Lessons to be learned from NATO members with more diverse militaries, such as the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, include recognition of diversity as a societal imperative to sustain the legitimacy of the armed forces, the necessity of systematically collecting and reporting personnel data to guide policy, the necessity of patience and realistic goals, systematically developing recruitment, development, and retention policies, and the superiority of an all-volunteer force over conscription in fulfilling this societal imperative.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date5 Apr 2013
Number of pages32
Publication statusPublished - 5 Apr 2013
EventISA 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2013: The Politics of International Diffusion: Regional and Global Dimensions - San Francisco, California, United States
Duration: 3 Apr 20136 Apr 2013

Conference

ConferenceISA 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2013
CountryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, California
Period03/04/201306/04/2013

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Paper presented to the 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 April 2013

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