Life Course Perspectives on Military Service

by Janet M. Wilmoth

Book Overview

This edited volume provides a comprehensive and critical review of what we know about military service and the life course, what we don't know, and what we need to do to better understand the role of military service in shaping people's lives. It demonstrates that the military, like colleges and prisons, is a key social institution that engages individuals in early adulthood and shapes processes of cumulative (dis)advantage over the life course...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415879418
• ISBN13: 9780415879415
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"