Security sector reform and post-conflict peacebuilding [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Albrecht Schnabel and Hans-Georg Ehrhart

• Pubblicazione: Tokyo, : United Nations University Press; Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.172
• Soggetto topico: Internal security; Civil-military relations; Institutional building; Peacekeeping forces
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SchnabelAlbrecht EhrhartHans-Georg <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Post-conflict societies and the military: Challenges and problems of security sector reform; Part I: The challenges of post-conflict peace building and security sector reform; 2 Security sector reform and donor policies; 3 African armed forces and the challenges of security sector transformation; 4 Military forces' training for post-conflict peace building operations; Part II: Experiences from Europe: Macedonia, Bosnia, Russia,Georgia, and Northern Ireland; 5 Ethnic-military relations in Macedonia ; 6 Democratization in Bosnia: A more effective role for SFOR 7 The use of Russia's security structures in the post-conflict environment; 8 Civil-military relations in a newly independent transitional state: The Georgian case; 9 The politics of fear versus the politics of intimidation: Security sector reform in Northern Ireland; Part III: Experiences from Latin America: El Salvador,Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, and Haiti; 10 Civil-military relations in Latin America: The post-9/11 scenario and the civil society dimension ; 11 The military in post-conflict societies: Lessons from Central America and prospects for Colombia 12 Civil-military relations and national reconciliation in Chile in the aftermath of the Pinochet affair; 13 The role of the military in democratization and peace building: The experiences of Haiti and Guatemala; Part IV: Experiences from Asia: Cambodia, East Timor, and Afghanistan; 14 Security sector reform in Cambodia; 15 International force and political reconstruction: Cambodia, East Timor, and Afghanistan; Conclusion ; 16 Post-conflict societies and the military: Recommendations for security sector reform Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Military and police forces play a crucial role in the long-term success of political, economic and cultural rebuilding efforts in post-conflict societies. Yet, while charged with the long-term task of providing a security environment conducive to rebuilding war-torn societies, internal security structures tend to lack civilian and democratic control, internal cohesion and effectiveness, and public credibility. They must be placed under democratic control and restructured and retrained to become an asset, not a liability, in the long-term peace building process. External actors from other nation...
• Titolo autorizzato: Security sector reform and post-conflict peacebuilding
• ISBN: 1-4237-6600-8; 92-808-7100-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450194303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II