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- Title
From Adversaries to Allies: Relief Workers' Attitudes Toward the US Military.
- Authors
Miller, Laura L.
- Abstract
Although soldiers and relief workers traditionally have engaged in conflicting missions—killing versus saving lives—recent peacekeeping operations have required the two groups to work together on humanitarian efforts. Interviews with aid workers in Bosnia and in Haiti reveal that this traditionally antimilitary population has come to support military interventions in their regions. They have developed a cooperative relationship with the military despite lingering doubts and persistent cultural differences. This recent shift in attitudes demonstrates that the concept of task cohesion, developed from studies of small-group dynamics, can be applied at the organizational level. Organizations that share a common goal and that depend on one another to reach that goal can develop a cooperative relationship and yet retain distinct organizational memberships and cultures.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CIVIL-military relations; EMPLOYEE attitudes; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; PEACEKEEPING forces; MILITARISM
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1999, Vol 22, Issue 3, p181
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1022922020552