Affiliation:
1. Department of Applied Research, Estonian Military Academy, Tartu, Estonia
Abstract
The military service readiness of reserve soldiers is an essential question for countries that rely mostly on reserve units for their defense or other operational needs. This study examines how forms of capital related to the military and civilian fields are associated with the military service readiness of reservists. Survey data were obtained from 396 Estonian reservists during the 2018 Hedgehog exercise. Reservists’ military service readiness (RMSR) was studied first with respect to military field–related factors, and in the next phase civilian field linked factors are included. In a military field, cultural, social, and symbolic capital have a positive influence on RMSR. However, if civilian field–related social and economic capital is included, some military capitals would lose their effect. Study outcomes are discussed considering Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the forms of capital.
Funder
Estonian Ministry of Defence, the University of Tartu, the National Institute of Health Development and Estonian Defence Academy
Subject
Safety Research,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Sociology and Political Science
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1. Bourdieu P. (Ed.). (1986). The forms of capital: Handbook of theory and research in the sociology of education (pp. 241–258). Greenwood.
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