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Southwestern University

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Program Name

Chile: Culture, Development, and Social Justice

Abstract

This paper is the culmination of a month spent conducting interviews and researching the ways in which the armed forces and the civilian population of Chile relate to one another through the obligation of one year of military service for all 18 year-old males. Referencing Chilean history since the end of World War II, this paper overviews the arguments of progressive groups which constitute the movement against obligatory military service and discusses how they have come to understand the armed forces in the context of democracy.

Disciplines

Military and Veterans Studies | Public Policy

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