Description:
Paying particular attention to the rise of neoliberalism and the emergence of civilian workfare, Military Workfare looks to the institution of the military to unsettle established ideas about the past and raise new questions about our collective future.
Brief description: Deborah Cowen is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.
Review Quotes: Cowen's work is engaging and wonderfully provocative study on the link between warfare and welfare. These topics are not often considered together, but Cowen makes a convincing case for why they should be.--Carolyn Gallaher, Environment and Planning D: Society & Space, vol 28:03:2010
Cowen provides a comprehensive and intriguing study of specific and sustained connections that link welfare, warfare and citizenship.--Noya Rimalt, Canadian Journal of Law & Society, vol 25:02:10