Building Pathways to Peace - Statesociety Relations and Security Sector Reform

SSR is a key element of the transitions out of war, aiming at the establishment of accountable and legitimate institutions able to prevent and sanction the use of violence. While recognizing the need to include local actors, donor policies still focus mostly on the state as a provider of security. Second generation SSR has emphasized the need to include local communities and recognize the existence of non-state actors in the provision of security and justice. However, recognition is not enough. This Element promotes a radical re-think of SSR in the context of conflict and war. Guiding question for the considerations is how can security sector reform be set up and implemented to contribute to constructive and inclusive state-society relations, and build the path to long-lasting peace? This Element argues that a focus on functional equivalents, minorities, gender, and human rights is key for the design, implementation, and success of SSR.

List of contents

1. Security sector reform as a wicked problem; 2. SSR and state-society relations - A novel theoretical framework; 3. A mixed-methods approach; 4. Quantitative study: provisions and implementation of security sector reform after war; 5. Comparative case studies: a societal perspective on SSR in Afghanistan and Colombia; 6. State-Society relations and the establishment of peace; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element promotes a radical re-think of SSR in the context of conflict and war. Second generation SSR recognizes local communities and non-state actors in security and justice. It argues that a focus on functional equivalents, minorities, gender, and human rights is key for the design, implementation, and success of SSR.

Product details

• Authors: Nadine Ansorg, Nadine (University of Kent Ansorg, Ansorg Nadine, Sabine Kurtenbach, Kurtenbach Sabine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009462662
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946266-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Armed Conflict, Peacekeeping operations