The Network-society phenomenon in the Lithuanian-Led PRT in Afghanistan

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Document Type:
Žurnalų straipsniai / Journal articles
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Network-society phenomenon in the Lithuanian-Led PRT in Afghanistan
Authors:
Budginaitė, Justina
In the Journal:
Lithuanian annual strategic review, 2013, 11, 233-254
Subject Category:
LT
Tarptautinis saugumas / International security; Lietuva (Lithuania); Afganistanas (Afghanistan).
Summary / Abstract:

ENThis article analyses the implementation of NATO's comprehensive approach in the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the Ghor province in Afghanistan. The ambiguity of this approach – its meaning varies greatly accordingly to the specific organization or country implementing it – encourages discovery of the “Lithuanian” model of comprehensive approach. In order to achieve this goal, the network-society theory of sociologist Manuel Castells is chosen as the theoretical background of the analysis. By expanding this theory to the military domain and by conducting a quantitative, expert-interviews based analysis of the Lithuanian-led PRT, the level of “comprehensiveness” entrenched in the activities of the Lithuanian civil-military team is revealed.

DOI:
10.2478/v10243-012-0029-9
ISSN:
1648-8024; 2335-870X
Subject:
Politikos mokslai / Political sciences
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2026-02-25 13:53:52
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