General conscription in Finland after 2008 – some reasons behind Finland's population's and conscripts’ attitudes towards general conscription

Abstract

This chapter examines the security political attitudes in Finland, a relatively modern, relatively affluent ‘western type’ EU country, where approximately 80% of the male cohort still undergoes compulsory military training. In this chapter, some of the reasons for this are examined as well as the reasons behind the marked differences in relevant attitudes between Finland and some other EU countries.

Citation

Harinen, O. and Leskinen, J. (2009), "General conscription in Finland after 2008 – some reasons behind Finland's population's and conscripts’ attitudes towards general conscription", Caforio, G. (Ed.) Advances in Military Sociology: Essays in Honor of Charles C. Moskos (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 12 Part 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2009)000012B006