Peacekeeping under fire : culture and intervention / Robert A. Rubinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubinstein, Robert A., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Cross-cultural studies.

Peace-building.

Peacekeeping forces.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xx, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2008]

Contents:

The United Nations in Somalia in the 1990s 4

Lessons Learned and the Rethinking of Peacekeeping 8

A Multilevel Approach to Peacekeeping 12

2 A Brief and Selective History of Peacekeeping 16

Peacekeeping's Early and Changing Fortunes 19

The Congo, 1960 19

The United Nations in Sinai 21

Peacekeeping Continues 22

Early Peacekeeping Principles 23

Normative Tensions regarding Traditional Peacekeeping 31

A Glimpse Ahead 33

3 Culture and Peacekeeping: A Conceptual Framework 35

Peacekeeping and Local Culture 36

Organizational Culture and Interoperability 37

Culture in the Broader Understanding of Peacekeeping 39

Approaching Culture in Peacekeeping 41

Culture and International Affairs 42

Culture: Meaning and Practice 45

Symbolic Inversion and the Power of Peacekeeping 48

Taking a Broad View of Culture and Peacekeeping 52

4 "Turn Left at the Mosque": Anthropological Fieldwork and Peacekeeping 54

Challenges of Ethnographic Fieldwork 57

Fieldwork with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization 59

Observer Group Egypt 60

Research Access and Entry 61

Deepening and Maintaining Rapport 66

Fieldwork and Reciprocity 67

5 Symbolic Construction of Community and Cooperation 70

Symbol and Ritual in Peacekeeping 72

A Note on Ritual 73

Ritual Symbolism in Peacekeeping 75

Medals and Ribbons 78

Medal Parades 80

Observing and Patrolling 82

The Happy Hour Cycle 84

Connecting Levels of Experience 86

6 "You Will Have to Kill Me to Get By": Individual Action and Peacekeeping 89

Organizational Narratives and Motivation 90

A Tale of Two Units 91

Broad National Narratives 92

Mission Assignment 93

Concept and Conduct of Duties 94

From Group Motivation to Individual Motivation 95

The Problem of Individual Action 96

Motivation: Psychological Reversal Theory 97

Agency and Social Action 100

The Need for Multilevel Analysis 102

7 Organizational Cultures and Peacekeeping 104

Cultural Styles and Dimensions 108

Cultural Aspects of Military and Civilian Conflicts in Peace Operations 112

Management Structures 112

Symbols, Boundaries, and Security 114

Media and Information 114

Context and Legitimacy 115

Peace Operations and Local Populations 115

Law, Politics, and Conflict 116

Social Stratification 119

Gender Roles 119

Economic and Subsistence Practices 120

Moving beyond Pattern to Meaning 121

8 Peacekeeping Under Fire 123

Cultural Models and Cognitive Schema 124

Cultural Dimensions, Cultural Models, and Root Metaphors in Peacekeeping 127

The Security Council: Performance and Legitimacy 127

Humanitarian Space and Military Coordination 129

Image and Reality in Civil Military Relations 131

Engaging Local Populations 132

From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement and Back Again 136

Legitimacy and Cultural Inversion in Peacekeeping 137

9 Intervention as Cultural Practice 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-190) and index.

ISBN:

9781594515477

1594515476

OCLC:

191865286