The Experience of Community in Canadian Military Families: A Female Partners' Perspective
Abstract
This is a condensed version of my thesis successfully defended Spring, 2004. The question of how Canadian military families experience community arose from my employment with the Halifax Military Family Resource Centre and my position in deployment services. The literature review covered the topics of Community, Military Families and Social Support. The emerging questions dealt with matters of meaning and perception of community for the female military partners. This led to a study using qualitative research. The paradigm guiding this thesis is Critical Theory. The ensuing deconstruction of military culture revealed pervasive ideologies impacting on the everyday lives of the military family. Ethnomethodology was used to focus on how members accomplish, manage and reproduce a sense of social structure. It is a subjective and interpretive study. The stories of 7 female military partners produce emerging data leading to categorized themes from which implications, conclusions and recommendations have been drawn.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA472787
Entities
People
- Bernadine Mullin-splude