The Psychology Of The Peacekeeper

Author : Thomas W. Britt,Amy B. Adler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313057120

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The Psychology of the Peacekeeper by Thomas W. Britt,Amy B. Adler Pdf

In this remarkable volume, a multinational team of scientists catalogs the stressors and benefits for combat-trained soldiers deployed on missions where they are told to hold their fire and assume the role of peacekeeper. Theory and direct research with peacekeepers is incorporated. Missions covered include, but are not limited to, peacekeeping operations in Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Lebanon. The terminology of peacekeeping and military operations is listed. The stressors, threats, dangers, frustrations, and benefits of the peacekeeper role are described in dramatic detail, with additional attention to the Peacekeeper Stress Syndrome. With the goal of increasing peacekeeper health and well-being, which in turn increases the likelihood of establishing a stable peace, this volume also addresses interventions and preventative measures. The extent of psychological distress and disorders following peacekeeping operations is documented. Interventions are recommended for various phases of deployment, in order to minimize the likelihood of post-deployment psychological problems. Experts in social, industrial/organizational, health, clinical, and cross-cultural psychology contribute to a multi-dimensional perspective. Each chapter author reports psychological research with military personnel in peacekeeping operations.

Author : Harvey Langholtz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-08-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313028144

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The Psychology of Peacekeeping by Harvey Langholtz Pdf

Langholtz examines how psychology and other social sciences can offer both theoretical explanations and practical applications in the resolution and amelioration of potentially violent international conflicts. Since the end of the Cold War and bipolar ideologies, the international community has been willing to intervene using approaches that are founded as much in psychology as in force and these remedies have not been confined to the violent periods of conflicts. This book examines psychological interventions and issues during three phases of conflicts. First, the book examines measures available in advance of a threatening conflict through early intervention and an examination of ethnopolitical issues, economic problems, and potential diplomatic solutions. Second, psychological facets of peacekeeping are examined: the selection of peacekeepers, psychological ambiguities of peacekeeping, and the numbing that comes with widespread suffering. Finally the book examines the psychological measures available to strengthen a cease-fire, deal with mines and related after-effects of war, encourage reconciliation, and hasten the return to a stable and durable peace.

Author : Thomas W. Britt,Carl Andrew Castro,Amy B. Adler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1071 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313015090

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Military Life by Thomas W. Britt,Carl Andrew Castro,Amy B. Adler Pdf

With global commitments and combat duty, our armed forces face life-threatening challenges on a daily basis. However, less visible threats also impact the mental health of our military men and women. Experts examine challenges on the battlefield, such as women coming to terms with life after being prisoners of war, or soldiers dealing with mistakenly killing civilians. But life in the armed forces presents less dramatic, daily challenges. Away from the front lines, soldiers have to raise their families, sometimes as single parents. Children have to learn what it's like to be in a military family, and to make sense of war. Gay or lesbian officers cope with a don't ask, don't tell policy. An unprecedented range of contributors—military officers, medical doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and professors—take us onto the bases and the battlefields and inside the minds of military personnel who face far greater challenges than most of us ever see in the headlines. These volumes also highlight factors that make members of the military resilient and stable, as well as programs and practices that can ease the psychological burdens of military personnel, families, and children. Readers can better understand how society views our military and military operations, and how each one of us can play a role in supporting our armed forces.

Author : Harvey Langholtz,Boris Kondoch,Alan Wells
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047407195

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International Peacekeeping: The Yearbook of International Peace Operations by Harvey Langholtz,Boris Kondoch,Alan Wells Pdf

International Peacekeeping is devoted to reporting upon and analyzing international peacekeeping with an emphasis upon legal and policy issues, but is not limited to these issues. It is recognized that in today's world there is a wealth of information available from the internet and through other sources. It is therefore the goal of this Yearbook to make this information available in one publication which both organizes and records events over the course of a year through analytical articles, a chronicle, primary documents, and a bibliography. Topics include inter alia peacekeeping, peace, war, conflict resolution, diplomacy, international law, international security, humanitarian relief, humanitarian law, and terrorism. The Yearbook is of scholarly quality but is not narrowly theoretical. It provides the interested public -- diplomats, civil servants, politicians, the military, academics, journalists, NGO employees, and serious citizens -- with a document of record, comment, and a starting point for further research on peacekeeping and related topics. This is achieved not only by the provision of 'basic documents' (on CD ROM), such as Security Council Resolutions and Reports of the UN Secretary- General, but also by expert commentaries on world events. Peacekeeping is treated in a pragmatic light, seen as a form of international military cooperation for the preservation or restoration of international peace and security. Attention is focused not only on UN peacekeeping operations, but other missions as well. This Yearbook is the continuation of the journal International Peacekeeping.

Author : Herbert H. Blumberg,A. Paul Hare,Anna Costin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521547857

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Peace Psychology by Herbert H. Blumberg,A. Paul Hare,Anna Costin Pdf

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to peace psychology covering interdisciplinary practice, primary psychological topics, core peace studies topics and terrorism.

Author : Dennis A. Vincenzi,Mustapha Mouloua,Peter A. Hancock
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135604325

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Human Performance, Situation Awareness, and Automation by Dennis A. Vincenzi,Mustapha Mouloua,Peter A. Hancock Pdf

In 2000, the Conference on Automation joined forces with a partner group on situation awareness (SA). The rising complexity of systems demands that one can be aware of a large range of environmental and task-based stimulation in order to match what is done with what has to be done. Thus, SA and automation-based interaction fall naturally together and this conference is the second embodiment of this union. Moving into the 21st century, further diversification of the applications of automation will continue--for example, the revolution in genetic technology. Given the broad nature of this form of human-machine interaction, it is vital to apply past lessons to map a future for the symbiotic relationship between humans and the artifacts they create. It is as part of this ongoing endeavor that the present volume is offered.

Author : Michaela Schok
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adjustment (Psychology)
ISBN : 9789059723313

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Meaning as a Mission by Michaela Schok Pdf

Author : Andrea de Guttry,Emanuele Sommario,Lijiang Zhu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739189320

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China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations by Andrea de Guttry,Emanuele Sommario,Lijiang Zhu Pdf

Participation in international peace operations has become a key component of the foreign policy strategy of many countries worldwide. Italy and China have been, and are currently, involved in various efforts to maintain and promote international peace and security, including Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs). This book offers a description of the two countries’ engagement in international peace operations, analyzing it through the lenses of law, sociology, history, and politics. The specific experiences of Italy and China provide an excellent opportunity for comparing and contrasting how and why foreign powers intervene in the name of peace. At the same time, this book focuses on a number of crucial challenges PKOs are currently facing (training of personnel, ensuring accountability, effectively assisting war-torn States in their rehabilitation effort), and tries to explain how Italy, China, and other international actors are trying to respond to the many dilemmas and contradictions of postwar peace. Contributors include academics from a wide range of disciplines and interests, diplomats, and practitioners involved in international peace operations.

Author : Bryant/Frank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798765730539

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The Mind of a Peacemaker: The Psychology of Mediation by Bryant/Frank Pdf

Author : Jennifer Giblin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781040005613

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United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principle of Non-Intervention by Jennifer Giblin Pdf

Using a unique application of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), this book provides a critical, interdisciplinary, examination of the contemporary practice of UN peacekeeping. Is peacekeeping intervention? Since its conception in the mid-1950s, peacekeeping has significantly evolved from traditional, lightly armed, passive operations to robust, multi-dimensional stabilisation peacekeeping operations. This raises questions as to whether this is simply a natural evolution of peacekeeping or whether it marks an expansion of the concept beyond its boundaries, pushing it into the realm of peace enforcement or intervention. In response, this book examines the frameworks which govern UN peacekeeping and seeks to understand the relationship between peacekeeping and the principle of non-intervention. Providing practical examples from the United Nations’ operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and drawing upon interviews with key international actors including UN personnel, the book explores the boundaries of peacekeeping, contending that peacekeeping, at times, becomes a form of intervention. This, the book argues, is detrimental both to the concept of peacekeeping and to the host state, and it concludes by offering a series of recommendations to re-affirm peacekeeping’s boundaries and amplify the effectiveness of contemporary peacekeeping. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in international law, international relations, politics, history and criminology.

Author : Terry M. Mays
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0810875160

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Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping by Terry M. Mays Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping: Third Edition is a single source research guide for current and completed peacekeeping operations. With a extensive chronology; an introductory essay; an appendix with the mandates for three UN peacekeeping operations; a research oriented bibliography based on numerous categories of peacekeeping operations and issues related to peacekeeping; 32 photographs of UN, EU, and NATO peacekeeping operations; and over 500 cross referenced dictionary entries on peacekeeping operations, people, organizations, countries, and events associated with peacekeeping and brief descriptions of all currently fielded operations as well as those that have completed their missions dating back to the League of Nations in 1920.

Author : Mary Lou Bryant Frank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1792410905

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The Mind of a Peacemaker by Mary Lou Bryant Frank Pdf

Author : Robert A. Rubinstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317254522

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Peacekeeping Under Fire by Robert A. Rubinstein Pdf

The international community increasingly responds to civil wars, humanitarian crises, and other intrastate conflicts through the instrument of UN peacekeeping. Nearly all of these interventions take place in non-Western areas and involve interactions among militaries and nongovernmental organizations from all around the globe. In this wide-ranging book, Rubinstein draws on decades of his own research on peacekeeping, and on other current and historical cases, to develop a broad understanding of the roles that culture plays in peacekeeping's success or failure. Peacekeeping under Fire shows that cultural considerations are key elements at all levels of peacekeeping operations. Culture influences what happens between peacekeepers and local populations, how military and nongovernmental organizations interact, and even how missions are planned and authorized. Peacekeeping under Fire analyzes how political symbolism and ritual are critical to peacekeeping and demonstrates how questions of power, identity, and political perception emerge from the cultural context of peacekeeping.

Author : Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams,Stuart Griffin
Publisher : Polity
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745641867

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Understanding Peacekeeping by Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams,Stuart Griffin Pdf

Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world peace. The fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, practice and politics of contemporary peace operations. Drawing on more than twenty-five historical and contemporary case studies, this book evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary environment in which peacekeepers operate, what role peace operations play in wider processes of global politics, the growing impact of non-state actors, and the major challenges facing today's peacekeepers. All the chapters have been revised and expanded and seven new chapters have been added. Part 1 summarizes the central concepts and issues related to peace operations. It includes a new discussion of the theories of peace operations and analysis of the emerging norm of responsibility to protect. Part 2 charts the historical development of peacekeeping from 1945 and offers a new chapter on peace operations in the twenty-first century. In part 3, separate chapters analyse seven different types of peace operations: preventive deployments; traditional peacekeeping; assisting transition; transitional administrations; wider peacekeeping; peace enforcement; and peace support operations. Part 4 looks forward and examines the central challenges facing today's peacekeepers, namely, the regionalization of peace operations, the privatization of security, civilian protection, policing and gender issues. This second edition of Understanding Peacekeeping will be essential reading for students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, security studies and international relations. Visit http://www.polity.co.uk/up2/ for more information and additional resources.

Author : Arita Holmberg,Jan Hallenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317014553

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The Swedish Presence in Afghanistan by Arita Holmberg,Jan Hallenberg Pdf

This book delivers on two analytical levels. First, it is a broad study of Sweden as an international actor, an actor that at least for a brief period tried to play a different international role than that to which it was accustomed. Second, the book problematizes the role of international military missions as drivers for change in the security and defence field. Several perspectives and levels of analysis are covered, from the macro level of strategic discourse to the micro level of the experiences of individual commanders. The book focuses upon Sweden and its participation in the international military mission in Afghanistan during 2002-2012 and also contributes to the growing literature evaluating the mission in Afghanistan, the security practice which has dominated the security and defence discourse of Western Europe for the last decade.