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The debate about the role of women in war, violent conflict and the military is not only a long and ongoing one; it is also a heated and controversial one. This title helps readers to gain in-depth insight into the most important aspects and positions in the debate.

Über die allgemeine Wehrpflicht wird schon lange debattiert. Mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges, dem veränderten Aufgabenspektrum und der daraus resultierenden Restrukturierung der Streitkräfte steht sie in großen Teilen Europas erneut und verstärkt zur Disposition. Die Beiträge in diesem Buch wenden sich aus sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive dem Thema Wehrpflicht zu. Nach einer Klärung kontextbezogener Begriffe und Konzepte wird unter Einbeziehung neuer theoretischer Ansätze verschiedenen Fragestellungen nachgegangen. Der Forschungsrahmen reicht dabei von demokratietheoretischen Zusammenhängen über sozialwissenschaftliche Ansätze der Gender- und politischen Kulturforschung bis hin zu internationalen Aspekten.

It is an honor for us to introduce this collection of essays, which is dedicated to an old friend and colleague who is no longer with us. It is an honor, but also a pleasure because we feel like continuing a dialogue with Jürgen; one that has never broken down over the years, revisiting and recalling the diff- ent places and occasions where we met, discussed, collaborated and had fun. We, that is, Giuseppe Caforio, Christopher Dandeker and Gerhard Kümmel who have been friends and/or colleagues of and research collaborators with Jürgen and who represent three prominent institutions and organizations with which Jürgen worked, felt that this book is something we owe to Jürgen and we are grateful that many people who at different times and at different places had contact with Jürgen and his work were willing to contribute a chapter to this anthology. Most of Jürgen¿s studies, professional work and research activities took place at the Bundeswehr Institute of Social Sciences (SOWI). Jürgen, born in 1938, had joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and had already worked at the SOWI¿s predecessor institution, the Scientific Institute for Education in the Armed Forces from 1971 onwards after having finished his university? st- ies. Since this institute was renamed SOWI in 1974, Jürgen belonged to the first generation of researchers that worked at the SOWI.