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International Assistance to Police Reform - Managing Peacebuilding

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This book compares police reform operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, addressing the internal machinery that makes peace operations work-or not. Recognizing that the chances for effective peacebuilding vary widely across contexts, this book investigates the impact of one of the few variables that peacebuilders do control: the management and design of peace operations.
Building on field research and over one hundred expert interviews, International assistance to police reform: Managing Peacebuilding systematically compares such operations in two different contexts-Kosovo and Afghanistan-by focusing specifically on international assistance for local police reform since 1999.
Four comprehensive case studies examine operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan before and after the European Union took over police reform responsibilities: in Kosovo from  the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and in Afghanistan from the German government. Speaking to scholars and practitioners in domestic and international organizations, the book drills in the complex relation between headquarter diplomats and field level conflict experts. Its findings combine to a set of recommendations for policy-makers to better align their operations to the contentious politics of conflict management and peacebuilding. 

List of contents

List of tables and figures.- Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From institutional designs to peacebuilding outcomes.- Chapter 3. The OSCE's contribution to police reform in Kosovo.- Chapter 4. The EU's contribution to police reform in Kosovo.- Chapter 5. The German contribution to police reform in Afghanistan.- Chapter 6. The EU's contribution to police reform in Afghanistan.- Chapter 7. Comparison: Managing institutions to raise peacebuilding odds.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.- Notes.- Appendix 1.- List of References.

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Steffen Eckhard is senior researcher at the University of Munich and a non-resident research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His research focuses on the conflicts and reconciliation of different rationales in politics and administration-both in domestic and international public organizations-with an emphasis on global peace and security governance.


Summary

This book compares police reform operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, addressing the internal machinery that makes peace operations work—or not. Recognizing that the chances for effective peacebuilding vary widely across contexts, this book investigates the impact of one of the few variables that peacebuilders do control: the management and design of peace operations.

Building on field research and over one hundred expert interviews, International assistance to police reform: Managing Peacebuilding systematically compares such operations in two different contexts—Kosovo and Afghanistan—by focusing specifically on international assistance for local police reform since 1999.
Four comprehensive case studies examine operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan before and after the European Union took over police reform responsibilities: in Kosovo from  the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and in Afghanistan from the German government. Speaking to scholars and practitioners in domestic and international organizations, the book drills in the complex relation between headquarter diplomats and field level conflict experts. Its findings combine to a set of recommendations for policy-makers to better align their operations to the contentious politics of conflict management and peacebuilding. 

Product details

Authors Steffen Eckhard
Publisher Springer Palgrave Macmillan
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2018
 
EAN 9781349958757
ISBN 978-1-349-95875-7
No. of pages 242
Dimensions 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
Weight 344 g
Illustrations XV, 242 p. 6 illus.
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

B, Peace, Conflict Studies, Political Science and International Studies, International institutions, International Organization, Peace studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Peace and Conflict Studies

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