| ID | 143282 |
| Title Proper | Bureaucratic politics, role conflict, and the internal dynamics of us provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wood, Steve ; Keane, Conor |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Among the many challenges confronting the United States and its allies in Afghanistan were cohesion and communication problems in state-building programs. Merging role theory and bureaucratic politics approaches, this article argues that US Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), the composite groups charged with implementing these programs, suffered from incompatibilities between sectors of government, among which the military was dominant. US PRTs were affected by role conflict, resulting from varying and often competing organizational cultures with divergent role conceptions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Armed Forces and Society Vol. 42, No.1; Jan 2016: p.99-118 |
| Journal Source | Armed Forces and Society Vol: 42 No 1 |
| Key Words | State Building ; Afghanistan ; Bureaucratic Politics ; Provincial Reconstruction Teams ; Organizational Cultures ; Role Conflict ; Civilian–Military Relations |