Veteran Care in the United Kingdom and the Sustainability of the 'Military Covenant'

Political Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 820-826

  Mumford, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Big Society'; Civil military relations; Military Covenant; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868685930     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2012.02358.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

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2. Ministry of Defence, The Nation's Commitment: Cross-government Support to Our Armed Forces, Their Families and Veterans, Cm 7424, London, Ministry of Defence, July 2008, p. 9.
3. Ministry of Defence, The Armed Forces Covenant: Today and Tomorrow, London, Ministry of Defence, May 2011, p. 19.
4. Ministry of Defence, Report of the Task Force on the Military Covenant, London, Ministry of Defence, September 2010, p. 25.
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8. Ministry of Defence, Report of the Task Force, pp. 8-9.
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10. House of Commons Debates, vol. 528, no. 158, 16 May 2011, col. 27 (emphasis added).
11. Ministry of Defence, The Armed Forces Covenant, p. 1.
12. Ministry of Defence, Report of the Task Force, p. 29.