Organizing for peace operations |
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Authors: | Nancy C Roberts Professor Raymond Trevor Bradley Director and Principal Research Scientist |
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Institution: | 1. National Security Affairs , School of International Graduate Studies Naval Postgraduate School , 555 Dyer Road, Monterey, CA, 93943, USA Phone: +?1?831-656?2742 E-mail: nroberts@nps.edu;2. Institute for Whole Social Science , 25400 Telarana Way, Carmel, CA, 93923, USA Phone: +?1?831?626?8057 E-mail: wholesocialscience.sbcglobal.net |
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Abstract: | There have been two general approaches to organizing for peace operations: an ad hoc approach, in which entities independently intervene and operate on the basis of their unique expertise and interest; and a top?–?down approach, in which all entities are directed and controlled by a single authority. Using the UN experience in Afghanistan, we demonstrate how this view of the organizing problem is limited. Instead, we develop a typology that distinguishes among three systems for organizing peace operations-Command, Market and Community?–?on the basis of their differences on four analytic dimensions (agency, social attachment, social control and inter-organizational relations). Our analysis of the UN experience in Afghanistan demonstrates the utility of our framework for both theory and practice. |
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Keywords: | Organizing peace operations post-conflict reconstruction organizational forms |
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