Me. Hal Uollictesr
July 29, 1877
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Who Will administer the sanctions?
will returnees react and respond to
How
enforcers?
&.
Will behavior responses to safety reconmmendations ba followed indefinitely or will
they fluctuate according to the presence
or absence of enforcers ar ERNA monitoring
teams?
5.
What are potential outcomes if returness
Simply fail to respond to safety instructions?
What form will behavicr take and to what
extent will it assist in shaping attitudas
tewards “outsiders"?
If this should occur
what steps can be taken to provent it?
The basic approach of the project would be interdisciplinary and
would utilize an ethnographic case study and functional analysis
at the individual, social and cultural levels.
Measurement
techniques would include field and participant observation,
Structured interviews, self-reports and biodocumentaries, of fichal records, and critical-event documentation.
Approaches and
procedures are considered by most behavioral scientists as very
acceptable for monitoring and Gocwnenting the reaponses to
situations similar to those Giscussed above,
The significance of the study has Sar-reachhng implications and
the results would greatly inerease understanding of a rehabitation process in an environment that has been drastically altered
by technological research,
Furthermore, affects of forced
migration and evantual rehabitation will likely be repeated in
the naar future in different settings.
Possibilities include
coal excavation on the lands of American Indians and Alagka
natives, nuclear waste disposal in southwestern states, and oil
shale exploration throughout the west and Alaska.
Ali such actions
would unquestionably disrupt existing communities and might well
jnvolve relocation of residents.
Hence, knowledge gained from an
Assessment of the circumstances in the Marshall Islands should
faciiitate (a) greater avareness of the social, psychological,
and cultural consequences of population displacement and
{b)
development of guidelines for more effactively managing reloca~
tion and rehabitation whan they are necessary in the future.
Host importantly, however, is the votential for predicting
and preventing further hardships among the Marshallese.
Ye are aware of current efforts and responsibilities of ERDA,
Department cf Defense, and tha Department of the Interior as
ay
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