Volunteers and Incentives: Buying the Bodies of the Poor

IN RESPONSE TO A SPREADING RECRUITMENT CRISIS AMONG THE ARMY, National Guard, and Army Reserve during the first half of 2005, the Pentagon sought to bolster combat volunteers for Iraq by offering a wide array of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. This use of financial incentives to recruit bodies...

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Published in:Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Main Author: McCormick, Patrick T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2007
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-93
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Summary:IN RESPONSE TO A SPREADING RECRUITMENT CRISIS AMONG THE ARMY, National Guard, and Army Reserve during the first half of 2005, the Pentagon sought to bolster combat volunteers for Iraq by offering a wide array of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. This use of financial incentives to recruit bodies for the Iraq war echoed earlier White House efforts to induce nations to join the
ISSN:2326-2176
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/jsce200727134