The social construction of peacekeeping in America |
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Authors: | David R. Segal Mady Wechsler Segal Dana P. Eyre |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, 20742-1315 College Park, Maryland;(2) Department of Sociology, Stanford University, 94305 Stanford, California |
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Abstract: | Although other nations have participated extensively in international peacekeeping operations, the use of American soldiers as peacekeepers is a recent change in their military role, and is not well understood by American society, the U.S. Army, the soldiers, or their wives. We use a social constructionist perspective, which has rarely been applied to the study of the American military, to analyze the definition of peacekeeping missions and of the nature of the military, by soldiers assigned to peacekeeping duty, their families, and other social institutions such as communications media and churches. We suggest that, because peacekeeping is an inherently ambiguous process, this theoretical perspective may prove useful in understanding the social definition of the emerging military role of peacekeeper. |
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Keywords: | peacekeeping war fighting constabulary social construction military families |
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