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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (208 pages)

ISBN: 9780820362236

Series Statement: Children youth + war

Content: Making citizen soldiers -- Postwar peace activism and the Committee on Militarism in Education -- Successful organizing confronts the rising tide of war -- The decade they almost stopped school militarism -- Resisting school militarism in the Reagan era -- A resurgent national movement.

Content: "The Pentagon currently spends around $1.4 billion per year on recruiting and hundreds of millions annually on other marketing initiatives intended to convince the public to enlist-costly efforts to ensure a steady stream of new soldiers. The most important part of this effort is the Pentagon's decades-long drive to win over the teenage mind by establishing a beachhead in American high schools and colleges. Breaking the War Habit provides an original consideration of the militarization of schools in the United States and explores the prolonged battle to prevent the military from infiltrating and influencing public education. Focused on the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) in high schools and the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in higher education, the authors expose the pervasive influence and economic leverage bestowed on the military as it recruits children and youth. Breaking the War Habit highlights those who have resisted the privileged status of the military and successfully challenged its position on campuses across the country. A "scrappy band of activists," the Committee on Militarism in Education (CME) initiated this work following World War I, publicizing the rise of school militarism and its implications. For two decades, CME's activism shaped public debate over the meaning of militarism in U.S. society and education settings, resulting in numerous victories against ROTC and JROTC programs. The authors also explore how, since the mid-1970s, military "counter-recruiters" have contested military recruiters' largely unchecked access to high school students, raising awareness of a "school-to-military pipeline" that concentrates recruitment in urban (predominantly Black and low-income) regions"--

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780820362212

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780820362229

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kershner, Seth Breaking the war habit Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2022 ISBN 9780820362212

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780820362229

Language: English

URL: lizenzpflichtig

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Format: xii, 191 Seiten , 24 cm

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 1137515252 , 9781137515254

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Using consumer advocacy to confront militarism , Training tomorrow's activists , Using legislation to confront school militarism , Counter-recruitment as an anti-war organizing strategy , Motivations of counter-recruitment activists , Using consumer advocacy to confront militarismTraining tomorrow's activists -- Using legislation to confront school militarism -- Counter-recruitment as an anti-war organizing strategy -- Motivations of counter-recruitment activists.

Language: English

Subjects: Education , Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Schule ; Entmilitarisierung

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ISSN: 2365-1792

In: Journal of human rights and social work, [Cham, Switzerland] : Springer International Publishing, 2016, 6(2021), 2, Seite 148-160, 2365-1792

In: volume:6

In: year:2021

In: number:2

In: pages:148-160

Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-021-00162-4

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ISSN: 1475-4843

In: Journal of human rights, London : Carfax Pub., 2002, 17(2018), 3, Seite 322-339, 1475-4843

In: volume:17

In: year:2018

In: number:3

In: pages:322-339

Language: English

URL: Volltext

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Format: XIII, 191 p. 1 illus. in color. , online resource.

ISBN: 9781137493279

Content: This book describes the various tactics used in counter-recruitment, drawing from the words of activists and case studies of successful organizing and advocacy. The United States is one of the only developed countries to allow a military presence in public schools, including an active role for military recruiters. In order to enlist 250,000 new recruits every year, the US military must market itself to youth by integrating itself into schools through programs such as JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps), and spend billions of dollars annually on recruitment activities. This militarization of educational space has spawned a little-noticed grassroots resistance: the small, but sophisticated, “counter-recruitment” movement. Counter-recruiters visit schools to challenge recruiters' messages with information on non-military career options; activists work to make it harder for the military to operate in public schools; they conduct lobbying campaigns for policies that protect students' private information from military recruiters; and, counter-recruiters mentor youth to become involved in these activities. While attracting little attention, counter-recruitment has nonetheless been described as “the military recruiter's greatest obstacle” by a Marine Corps official.

In: Springer eBooks

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781349557424

Language: English

DOI: 10.1057/9781137493279

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137493279

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Format: XXI, 95 p. , online resource.

ISBN: 9783319082103

Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Rights-Based Approaches to Social Work,

Content: A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in depth the role of community practice in securing rights for underserved and vulnerable groups and models key aspects of rights-based work such as empowerment, participation, and collaboration. Case examples relate local struggles to larger regional and statewide campaigns, illustrating ways the book's framework can inform policymakers and improve social structures in the larger community. This rights-based perspective contrasts sharply with the deficits-based approach commonly employed in community social work, and has the potential to inspire new strategies for addressing systemic social inequality. Features of Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States: A conceptual basis for a rights-based approach to community practice. Detailed analysis of legal and social barriers to health care, housing, and food. Examples of effective and emerging rights-based community interventions. Methods for assessing the state of human rights at the community level. Documents, discussion questions, resource lists, and other valuable tools. .

Note: Right-based Approaches to Community Practice -- Right to Health and Health Care on the Basis of Non-discrimination -- Right to Decent and Affordable Housing -- Building a Movement to Recognize Food Security as a Human Right -- New Frontiers for Rights-based Community Practice.

In: Springer eBooks

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9783319082097

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08210-3

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08210-3

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Format: 1 online resource (110 p.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2015.

ISBN: 3-319-08210-8

Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Rights-Based Approaches to Social Work,

Content: A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in depth the role of community practice in securing rights for underserved and vulnerable groups and models key aspects of rights-based work such as empowerment, participation, and collaboration. Case examples relate local struggles to larger regional and statewide campaigns, illustrating ways the book's framework can inform policymakers and improve social structures in the larger community. This rights-based perspective contrasts sharply with the deficits-based approach commonly employed in community social work, and has the potential to inspire new strategies for addressing systemic social inequality. Features of Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States: A conceptual basis for a rights-based approach to community practice. Detailed analysis of legal and social barriers to health care, housing, and food. Examples of effective and emerging rights-based community interventions. Methods for assessing the state of human rights at the community level. Documents, discussion questions, resource lists, and other valuable tools. .

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Right-based Approaches to Community Practice -- Right to Health and Health Care on the Basis of Non-discrimination -- Right to Decent and Affordable Housing -- Building a Movement to Recognize Food Security as a Human Right -- New Frontiers for Rights-based Community Practice. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-319-08209-4

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08210-3

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781479805242

Series Statement: Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice ; 4

Content: Provides a detailed look at how war affects human life and health far beyond the battlefield Since 2010, a team of activists, social scientists, and physicians have monitored the lives lost as a result of the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through an initiative called the Costs of War Project. Unlike most studies of war casualties, this research looks beyond lives lost in violence to consider those who have died as a result of illness, injuries, and malnutrition that would not have occurred had the war not taken place. Incredibly, the Cost of War Project has found that, of the more than 1,000,000 lives lost in the recent US wars, a minimum of 800,000 died not from violence, but from indirect causes. War and Health offers a critical examination of these indirect casualties, examining health outcomes on the battlefield and elsewhere—in hospitals, homes, and refugee camps—both during combat and in the years following, as communities struggle to live normal lives despite decimated social services, lack of access to medical care, ongoing illness and disability, malnutrition, loss of infrastructure, and increased substance abuse. The volume considers the effect of the war on both civilians and on US service members, in war zones—where healthcare systems have been destroyed by long-term conflict—and in the United States, where healthcare is highly developed. Ultimately, it draws much-needed attention to the far-reaching health consequences of the recent US wars, and argues that we cannot go to war—and remain at war—without understanding the catastrophic effect war has on the entire ecosystem of human health.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction The Health Consequences of War -- , Part I Afghanistan and Pakistan -- , 1 Childbirth in the Context of Conflict in Afghanistan -- , 2 Drone Strikes and Vaccination Campaigns How the War on Terror Helps Sustain Polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- , 3 Remaining Undone Heroin in the Time of Serial War -- , 4 Dignity under Extreme Duress The Moral and Emotional Landscape of Local Humanitarian Workers in the Afghan- Pakistan Border Areas -- , Part II Iraq -- , 5 War and the Public Health Disaster in Iraq -- , 6 The Political Capital of War Wounds -- , 7 Iraqis’ Cancer Itineraries War, Medical Travel, and Therapeutic Geographies -- , 8 War and Its Consequences for Cancer Trends and Services in Iraq -- , Part III United States -- , 9 Imagining Military Suicide -- , 10 Afterwar Work for Life -- , 11 “It’s Not Okay” War’s Toll on Health Brought Home to Communities and Environments -- , Appendix The Body Count -- , About the Editors -- , About the Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479805242

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479805242

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Format: 8 ungezählte Seiten, 187 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9780820362229 , 9780820362212

Series Statement: Children, youth + war

Language: English

Keywords: Historische Darstellung