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Autore |
Alden Chris |
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Titolo |
Militias and the challenges of post-conflict peace [[electronic resource] ] : silencing the guns / / Chris Alden, Monika Thakur and Matthew Arnold |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-22139-2 |
1-78032-117-1 |
1-283-07098-7 |
9786613070982 |
1-84813-528-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ThakurMonika |
ArnoldMatthew (Political scientist) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Peace-building |
Militia |
International relations |
Peace studies & conflict resolution |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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About the authors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Preface; 1 -- Introducing militias and demilitarization; 2 -- Conceptualizing militias: a framework for analysis; 3 -- The South Sudan Defence Force; 4 -- The White Army militias of South Sudan; 5 -- The mutineers of Timor-Leste; 6 -- Militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; 7 -- Afghanistan's long and ongoing experience with militias; Conclusion: militias and the search for local security; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bringing together four intensively researched case studies - the Democratic Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and Sudan - Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace argues that the international community's 'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitarization is ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias. In |
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