Harnessing Social Diversity in the British Armed Forces: The Limitations of 'Management' Approaches
Harnessing Social Diversity in the British Armed Forces: The Limitations of 'Management' Approaches
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利用英国武装部队的社会多样性：“管理”方法的局限性
DOI：
10.1080/14662040903363071
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
Basham V
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作者：
Basham V
这篇文章探讨了英国国防部寻求管理这一变化的方式如何破坏了它容纳和利用人口多样化劳动力的目标。通过关注被认定为“多元化盲目”和“管理势在必行”的政策话语，以及对英国军事人员的研究，这篇文章展示了政策话语如何使个人受到骚扰，并破坏军队的社会合法性。只有通过研究军方试图保护的东西--白人、异性恋、男性身份--才能清楚地看到，现状的权力关系是如何保持不变的。
This article explores how the British Ministry of Defence's aim to accommodate and harness a demographically diverse workforce is undermined by the ways it seeks to manage this change. By focusing on policy discourses identified as the ‘diversity blind’ and the ‘management imperative’ approaches, and on insights from research with British military personnel, the article demonstrates how policy discourses can expose individuals to harassment and undermine the military's social legitimacy. It is only by examining what it is that the military is trying to protect – its white, heterosexual, masculine identity – that it becomes clear how status quo power relations remain intact.