Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries - The Evolution of a Model

This book charts the emergence and historical progression of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) model from its infancy at the end of the Cold War up to 2014, with a special focus on the case of Afghanistan.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Security Sector Reform and the the Liberal Peace
2. The Origins and Evolution of the Security Sector Reform Model
3. Assessing the Security Sector Reform Model in Conflict-Affected Countries
4. The Ultimate Test: An Overview of Afghanistan’s Security Sector Reform Process
5. The Slide toward Expediency in Afghanistan: From Orthodox Security Sector Reform to Realist Train and Equip
Conclusion

About the author

Mark Sedra is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada. He is author/editor of five books.

Summary

This book charts the emergence and historical progression of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) model from its infancy at the end of the Cold War up to 2014, with a special focus on the case of Afghanistan.

Additional text

'Mark Sedra’s book, Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Evolution of a Model, aims at demonstrating the recent dilemmas facing SSR, by presenting its core pillars and assessing the model in conflict-affected countries. The author provides an in-depth case study of Afghanistan demonstrating all its implementation phases, the actors involved, and, last but not least, the flaws and inconsistencies generated by the tensions between local and international actors.'--Ricardo Oliveira dos Santos, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2019

Product details

• Authors: Mark Sedra, Mark (University of Waterloo Sedra, Sedra Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138933910
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93391-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Development; Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Development
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Warfare & defence, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict