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This research and policy book examines the role of women in the military and the overwhelming evidence to date that warranted repealing the combat exclusion policy. It explores the following questions: How can the success of women in the military serve as justification for its repeal? What will be the potential impact of repealing the policy on the recruitment, promotion and retention of women in the military?How will repealing the combat exclusion policy change the ways in which military men relate to military women? How can repealing the policy set women on the course toward full agency and.

Achieving diversity in the workplace has become the antidote for what ails many organizations. Specifically for public organizations, although many genuinely pursue diversity to achieve public good, some use diversity for more questionable means. An exploratory study on local governments revealed that women and minorities, relative to White men, are disproportionately assigned to manage diversity programs. Using the research on groups, a theory of multiple marginality was developed to explicate the rationale(s) for these programs' overrepresentation of women and minorities that further marginalizes these already marginalized groups. The adverse effects, the policy implications, and future research are discussed.

Affirmative action is an amalgam of federal, state, and local ordinances and other legislative mandates to remedy inequities in employment for traditionally marginalized groups. The need for such programs continues to be debated given varying evidence that affirmative action has not been as even handed as proponents have touted. This article explores the extent to which affirmative action, after more than 40 years, has leveled the playing field in the workplace for women and minorities. In essence, who have been the true beneficiaries of affirmative action?

Academia, the military, and the family are greedy institutions that make total claims on women while vying for their unwavering commitment. This comparative analysis examines the sacrifices that women in the military and academe make in the quest toward promotion and tenure, offers solutions that might prove to be mutually beneficial to all involved, and points to the potential implications for public management and future research.

African Americans have long used the military for gaining legitimacy and the ultimate path to citizenship. Blacks in the Military and Beyond chronicles their tumultuous journey from slavery through the present, extending the history to significant factors in determining whether or not serving in the military has indeed advantaged Blacks.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- PART I: Preface -- Bibliography -- PART II: Intersectionality -- Bibliography -- 1. Women as Warriors -- Women Warriors and the U.S. Military -- Bibliography -- 2. Women as Other -- Bibliography -- 3. Women as Supporters and Caregivers -- Bibliography -- 4. Women as Sex Objects -- Bibliography -- 5. Women as Marginalized -- Bibliography -- PART III: On Citizenship -- Bibliography -- 6. Agency and Second-Class Status -- Bibliography -- 7. Who Is a Veteran? -- Bibliography -- 8. The Selective Service Act -- Current Selective Service System -- Civic Responsibility, Conscription and the Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force -- Barriers to Full Citizen Participation -- Current State of the Selective Service System -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9. The Equal Rights Amendment: At the Crossroads of Defining Women's Citizenship -- Bibliography -- 10. The Combat Exclusion Policy -- Bibliography -- PART IV: Military Culture -- Bibliography -- 11. White Male Privilege -- Bibliography -- 12. A Culture of Domination -- Bibliography -- 13. The Effeminization of the Enemy -- Bibliography -- 14. Backlash against Women -- Bibliography -- PART V: Women and Power -- 15. Women in Power -- Bibliography -- 16. Women as Tokens -- Bibliography -- 17. Women as Proxies for Men -- Bibliography -- 18. The Role of Equalizers -- Bibliography -- PART VI: The Civil–Military Divide -- Bibliography -- 19. Who Serves in the Military? -- Overview of Military Demographics -- Evolution of the Role of Women in the Military -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 20. The Notion of Representative Bureaucracy -- Bibliography -- 21. Legal Frameworks Apart: The Military v. Civilian Justice Systems -- Bibliography -- PART VII: Confronting Wicked Problems: The Role of Health and Violence