PROMOTING CIVIC ACTION IN LESS DEVELOPED NATIONS: A CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE U.S. MILITARY MISSION ROLE.
Abstract
In its efforts to promote innovations among the host-country military in the less developed nations, the U.S. military mission may not be able to function effectively in the role of expert advisor because the military system of the host country may lack many of the characteristics necessary for adopting innovations. Under such conditions it is more fruitful to think of the mission's role as helping develop the conditions under which the innovations will be adopted. This role is particularly appropriate for the mission's efforts to promote civic action (conceived as the development of people's capacities) in countries where the military's acceptance of civic action as one of their main functions constitutes a radial social innovation. Mission responsibilities in the performance of this role are outlined and some implications of the concepts proposed are offered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0673672
Entities
People
- Alfred J. Kraemer
Organizations
- George Washington University