WOMEN IN UNIFORMES. SOME ASPECTS OF WOMEN ON DUTY IN ARMY, POLICE AND BORDER GUARDS (Kobiety w mundurze. Wybrane aspekty sluzby kobiet w wojsku, policji i Strazy Granicznej)

• Authors: Dojwa Katarzuna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Military, police, border guards, as well as fire, customs and prison services are among professions traditionally regarded as 'masculine'. Their range of duties and certain professional aspects made it almost impossible for women to be allowed to do these jobs, there were just a few women doing them. Nowadays it has changed due to both worldwide and European tendencies and people's expectations towards the above-mentioned services. The number of women in military, police, border guards and customs service systematically rises, women make bigger and bigger percentage of all female applicants and officials. As regards various groups within the said professions, at the level of recruitment and selection, as well as women service itself there are significant differences. The phenomenon of 'glass ceiling' is clearly noticeable as regards women taking high positions.

Keywords

EN

BORDER GUARDS; CUSTOMS SERVICE; MILITARY; POLICE; WOMEN

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 1(418)
• Pages: 19-24
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dojwa Katarzuna

• Katarzyna Dojwa, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Koszarowa 3, 51-149 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA08175