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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811594003321

Autore

Alden Chris

Titolo

Militias and the challenges of post-conflict peace [[electronic resource] ] : silencing the guns / / Chris Alden, Monika Thakur and Matthew Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22139-2

1-78032-117-1

1-283-07098-7

9786613070982

1-84813-528-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThakurMonika

ArnoldMatthew (Political scientist)

Disciplina

303.66

Soggetti

Peace-building

Militia

International relations

Peace studies & conflict resolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



doing so, the authors propose a radical new framework for demilitarization that questions conventional models and takes into account the reality on the ground.