WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE Health System Reconstruction and Nation-Building How important is the role of health in nation-building? To answer this question, a RAND team of political scientists, physicians, and economists examined past attempts to rebuild public health and health care delivery systems during nationbuilding eff orts after U.S. military deployments intended to underpin the transition...

THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF NATION BUILDING (1975–2000) The Aftermath of the Vietnam War Nation Building in Central America: The Background The Beginning of the DoD Humanitarian Mission in Central America Formalizing the Role of the Department of Defense Honduras: Military Medicine in Civic Action Programs—The SOUTHCOM Model El Salvador: Military Medicine in Security Assistance Training Programs Pr...

Since the end of the Cold War, nationalist, ethnic, and civic conflicts have proliferated around the globe. Thus, the optimistic notion of the “End of History” has degenerated into a “Clash of Civilizations,” at least according to some prominent thinkers of international relations.1 The United States, the United Nations, and other international actors have been drawn into several of these confl...

 Effective policy decisions about potential modifications to NS require a clear understanding of its effects. The nature of the program, however, presents problems for conventional approaches to program evaluation. This project uses innovative techniques to overcome these constraints and generate insights into the efficacy of NS. It finds strong evidence that NS has the potential to profoundly...

The main issue discussed is on the role of education system in the process of nation building as a means in uniting different community ethnics which later on, hoped to shape the future ethnic relation of this country. It is generally known that political socialization experienced by each ethnic community has given birth to a vernacular education system, separated along the ethnic line. Every c...