Overview
- Thorough overview and discussion of the interaction between demographic trends and international security
- New insights into the impact of demographic change on strategic calculations
- Systematic review of the demography-induced recruitment challenges of the German military
Part of the book series: Demographic Research Monographs (DEMOGRAPHIC)
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Table of contents(7 chapters)
Keywords
- Changes in population age structure
- Constrain of military recruitment
- Demographic variable in foreign policy
- Demographic view on security
- Ethnocultural diversity
- Germany's military capacity
- Human factors in the modern battlefield
- Impact of demographic change in military recruitment
- Increasing military manpower recruitment
- Manpower demand of the Bundeswehr
- Military environment
- Military missions and roles
- Military organization
- Military propensity and military service
- Military recruitment target population
- Mortality and fertility
- Selectivity of manpower demand and supply
- Sensitivity to demographic change
About this book
Military recruitment will become more difficult in times of demographic aging. The question arises whether demographic change will constrain the capacity of aging states like Germany to conduct foreign policy and pursue their national security interests. Since contemporary military operations still display a strong human element, particular scrutiny is given to the empirical analysis of the determinants of military propensity and military service among youth.
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An additional human capital projection until 2030 illustrates how the decline in the youth population will interact with trends in educational attainment and adolescent health to further complicate military recruitment in the future. A concluding review of recruiting practices in other NATO countries provides insight in best-practice policy options to reduce the military’s sensitivity to demographic change.
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Following this approach, the book gives prominence to a topic that has thus far been under-represented in the greater discussion of demographic change today, namely the demographic impact on international affairs and strategic calculations.
Authors and Affiliations
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VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Wenke Apt
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Germany's New Security Demographics
Book Subtitle: Military Recruitment in the Era of Population Aging
Authors: Wenke Apt
Series Title: Demographic Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6964-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6963-2Published: 18 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7870-1Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6964-9Published: 04 December 2013
Series ISSN: 1613-5520
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9286
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 217
Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations
Topics: Demography, Aging