United Nations International Police Officers in Peacekeeping Missions: A Phenomenological Exploration of Complex Acculturation

ISBN-13: 9780815371625 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 136 str.

Michael Raymond Sanchez

Opis

This book explores the reasons behind the United Nations Police’s chronic performance troubles and explains how the very fabric of the organization contributes to its ineffectiveness. This timely book focuses on the previously unstudied phenomenon of complex acculturation, i.e., adjusting to multiple different cultures simultaneously.

Spis treści

1. Introduction, 2. United Nations International Police, 3. The UNPOL Experience, 4. Exploring Expatriate and UNPOL Performance, 5. Identifying Simple and Complex Acculturation, 6. Phenomenological Description of Complex Acculturation , 7.Sources of Cultural Dissonance, 8. UNPOL Productivity and Complex Acculturation as a Construct, 9. Successfully Coping with the Challenges of Complex Acculturation, 10. Implications of this Research