conscription

Examples of conscription in the following topics:

• Cooperation, Competition and Conscription

  • Competition, cooperation and conscription may be used to coordinate individual actions.
  • An economic input (labour, capital, land) or good can be conscripted.
  • Conscription implies that some form of coercion has taken place.
  • Voluntary cooperation and coerced conscription lie at opposite ends of a continuum.
  • Generally, societies use a mix of cooperation, conscription and competition.

• Confederate Politics

  • The first conscription act in North America authorizing Davis to draft soldiers was viewed as the, "essence of military despotism."
  • Vance was particularly opposed to conscription efforts in North Carolina, limiting recruitment success in that state.
  • Vance's work to mitigate harsh Confederate conscription practices inspired his nickname, “War Governor of the South.”
  • Throughout the war, Stephens denounced many of the President's policies, including conscription, suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, impressment, various financial and taxation policies, and Davis' military strategy.

• Introduction to the Four Functions of Governmen

  • For most people the general undesirability of private-involuntary associations (robber-victim, air polluter-victim) and of compound-involuntary ones (the Nazi extermination campaign against Jews, military conscription, arbitrary economic regulations) is implicit in the examples we have adduced.

• Riots

  • Historically, riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, government oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between races or religions, the outcome of a sporting event, or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.

• Forming Armies

  • Both the Confederacy and Union formed massive, elaborately organized armies through volunteerism and conscription.
  • As more men were needed, however, the number of volunteers fell, and both money bounties and forced conscription became necessary.
  • The Confederates also conscripted soldiers for their army.
  • The Conscription Act, passed in April 1862, was the first of its kind in U.S. history.
  • On September 27, the maximum age of conscription was extended to 45.

• The Importance of Paid and Unpaid Work

  • Examples of unpaid workers include members of a family or cooperative; conscripts or forced labor; volunteer workers who work for charity or amusement; students who take intern positions as work experience; or conventional workers who are not paid because their enterprise is short of money.
  • These may be members of a family or cooperative; conscripts or forced labor; volunteer workers who work for charity or amusement; students who take intern positions as work experience; or conventional workers who are not paid because their enterprise is short of money.

• The Debate over Preparedness

  • Reform to them meant universal military service, or conscription, proposing a conscription plan.

• Japanese Expansion

  • With the introduction of mass education, conscription, industrialization, centralization, and successful foreign wars, Japanese nationalism began to foment as a powerful force in society.
  • Mass education and conscription served as a means to indoctrinate the coming generation with "the idea of Japan" as a nation instead of a series of Daimyo.

• Microeconomics

  • Cooperation and conscription are other approaches that may be used.

• A New Labor Force

  • The vast majority of them were drafted into the civilian work force to replace conscripted men or work in greatly expanded munitions factories.