A Southern Army?: A Demographic Study of Veterans
At the heart of civil-military relations is the relationship between the civilian sector and the military. That is, as with any subset of the population, its expected that a smaller group is going to reflect the attitudes and beliefs of the larger group. While the size of the smaller group may lend itself to slight alterations in the presence of certain qualities, or those groups can highlight certain qualities, drawing a specific portion of the larger population, the expectation is that there will be an overlap between the ideals of the larger group and the smaller group.
Concerning the military, research is beginning to show that the ideals, values, and norms of members of the military are beginning to separate from ideals, values, and norms of the civilian sector; the military no longer has the ideals of the community it is obliged to protect.. That is, there is a civil-military gap that has formed and is arguably widening concerning the ideals and norms of each group. This project examines that separation at the demographic level, examining if the military is a national army, or if it is overrepresented by regions or states in the country and what such regionalization of the military means relative to a demographic component of the civil-military gap.
Concerning the military, research is beginning to show that the ideals, values, and norms of members of the military are beginning to separate from ideals, values, and norms of the civilian sector; the military no longer has the ideals of the community it is obliged to protect.. That is, there is a civil-military gap that has formed and is arguably widening concerning the ideals and norms of each group. This project examines that separation at the demographic level, examining if the military is a national army, or if it is overrepresented by regions or states in the country and what such regionalization of the military means relative to a demographic component of the civil-military gap.