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ERIC Number: EJ246472
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Conscription and Class.
Useem, Michael
Society, v18 n3 p28-30 Mar-Apr 1981
Discusses how social class origins of age-eligible men have affected their likelihood of being drafted into military service since the Civil War. Holds that class bias in any future system must be considered a major social cost accompanying the revival of conscription. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Justice, Military Service, Social Bias, Social Class, Social Differences, Social Discrimination
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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