Gender, Military Effectiveness, and Organizational Change: The Swedish Model

Through extensive analysis of the Swedish Armed Forces this study explores the possibilities and pitfalls of implementing of a gender perspective in military organizations and operations. It established a number of important lessons for similar attempts in other countries and discusses the continued process of implementation in the Swedish military

Author: R. Egnell, P. Hojem, H. Berts
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/22/2014
Pages: 185
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137385048

About the Author
Robert Egnell is Visiting Professor and Director of Teaching in the Security Studies Program, Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of Counterinsurgency in crisis: Britain and the challenges of modern warfare (2013), and Complex peace operations and civil-military relations: Winning the peace (2009).

Petter Hojem is a project leader at Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) in Stockholm, Sweden.

Hannes Berts is a founding partner and senior consultant of Sthlm Policy Group. He has extensive experience in policy advice, research and evaluation with a primary focus on international peace and security, international law, humanitarian assistance, human rights and democracy.