Original scientific paper
Absolute Sacrifice and Relative Compensation: Contradictions of the Social Position of War Veterans and the State Care for War Veterans and Disabled Veterans
Ozren Žunec
Abstract
Coupling contradictory yet connected principles of civilization and war, veterans constitute a fundamental category of civil-military relations. Veterans define themselves primarily as former warriors and only in second place as former armed forces members. The research is focused to find reasons why social (state) care for veterans is different from care for other underprivileged or handicapped groups and why it offers an unparalleled plethora of rights and benefices. It is argued that this is the consequence of inability of civil sphere to compensate for war experience and for soldier's sacrifice. The conclusion is that all systems of care are inadequate and that veterans will pose an insoluble social problem as long as there are wars.
Keywords
veterans; civilization; war; civil-military relations; social care; social functions
Hrčak ID:
17163
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2006.
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