1st Edition

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

By Michael R. Sanchez Copyright 2019
152 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Why do international policing missions often fail to achieve their mandate? Why do United Nations Police officers struggle when serving in foreign peacekeeping missions? United Nations International Police Officers in Peacekeeping Missions: A Phenomenological Exploration of Complex Acculturation unravels these problems to find a causal thread: When working in hyper-diverse organizations such as... Read more

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

Biography

    Dr. Michael R. Sanchez has over 20 years of experience in the criminal justice system, including four years as an International Police Officer for the United Nations in Kosovo and one year in Haiti. Dr. Sanchez currently teaches Criminal Justice at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.