The reform of the German Bundeswehr - conversion into a contract army

Leonid Khodov ()
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Leonid Khodov: International University of Moscow

Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2013, 175-186

Abstract: Contemporary German Army - the Bundeswehr - was established in the autumn of 1954, after the Paris agreements were signed between the governments of Germany and the Western powers on the abolition of the occupation regime and the restoration of national sovereignty. Formation of the Bundeswehr on the principle of voluntary recruitment, albeit not change the overall employment situation in Germany, but creates another socially stable group of the population of about 250 thousand soldiers and civilians, with a guaranteed income and jobs, as well as social security in the future.

Keywords: Bundeswehr; compulsory military service; the contract system; military reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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