Overview
Responds to current restructuring of the British Military services in line with the government’s ‘Reserve 2020’ agenda
Addresses the nature of military identity in relation to contemporary case studies
Draws on theoretical orientations of psychology, sociology and cultural studies, with political implications
Offers a new way to give voice to soldiers’ experiences of transition
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Armed Forces
- occupation
- retirement
- redundancy
- Military life
- prototypical behaviour
- Veterans Metrics Initiative
- type atomism
- re-socialisation
- "Lifers"
- Medical Discharge from military
- hysteresis effect
- Reservist Identity
- weekend-warrior
- soldier-warrior
- PTSD
- veterans
- occupational psychology
- Reserve 2020
About this book
This book outlines the relationship between social identity theory and military to civilian transition, examining the mass movement of soldiers back into the civilian occupational world by considering literature specifically on role exit and in relation to the process of full-time military exit. The authors document a range of biographical and experientially-focussed case studies to highlight the range of transitions experienced by individuals leaving the armed forces.
This book highlights the challenges faced by those transitioning between military and civilian roles through retirement, redundancy, medical discharge or in constant transition as a Reservist. It addresses themes of significant public interest in the light of the recent restructure of the UK full-time and reserve services and following the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kevin M Wilson-Smith is Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK, specialising in occupational psychology and military applications of psychology. He has presented his work in military identity and transition at a number of national and international conferences.
Philip J Corr is Professor of Psychology at City University London, UK. He has published widely in the area of personality and individual differences. He is Associate Editor for Personality and Individual Differences and the Journal of Individual Differences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Military Identity and the Transition into Civilian Life
Book Subtitle: “Lifers", Medically Discharged and Reservist Soldiers
Authors: Kevin M Wilson-Smith, Philip J Corr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12338-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12337-6Published: 21 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12338-3Published: 12 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 121
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Self and Identity, Community and Environmental Psychology, Psychosocial Studies, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Military and Defence Studies