Security, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation : When the Wars End

ISBN-13: 9781844721177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 384 str.

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Opis

Wars weaken the authority of the state, breed insecurity, and erode institutions of civil society. Post-conflict societies are characterized by lack of respect for the rule of law, gross human rights violations, impunity, and economic devastation and decay. The end of the conflict does not automatically bring peace, security and an end to violence. Countries emerging from conflict will almost always need to depend upon the international community to varying degrees for resources (financial, technical, and human), in order to conduct effective reconciliation, institution building and reconstruction. The book brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in comparative constitutionalism, conflict resolution, governance, development and security. An attempt is made to derive common lessons learnt; identify pitfalls to be avoided and to articulate issues and guidelines to be considered in the design of post conflict processes. The objective of the book is to make a contribution to conflict resolution by identifying variables that underline success in approaches adopted to achieve reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict societies. This volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in comparative constitutionalism, conflict resolution, governance, development and security. An attempt is made to derive common lessons learnt, identify pitfalls to be avoided and to articulate issues to be considered in the design of post conflict processes. This key text brings together a team of leading contributors to address the complex issues of security reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict societies. This key text brings together a team of leading contributors to address the complex issues of security reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict societies. Security, Reconstruction and Reconciliation is organised into four main sections: the social, political, and economic dimensions of conflict the imp

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1. Introduction  Section A: The Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of Conflict  2. Arms Trafficking and the Local Political Economy of Conflict  3. HIV/AIDS: Conflict as a Security  4. Oil, Conflict, and Corruption  5. Women and Children as Displaced Persons  Section B: Impact of Conflict on Women and Children  6. The Impact of Civil War on Women and Children  7. Gender Perspectives in Peacekeeping Operations  8. Child Soldiers and Conflict  9. Enhancing the Participation of Women in Post-Conflict Elections  Section C: Reconstruction and Past Human Rights Violations: Healing the Nation  10. Truth Commissions: Amnesty or Prosecution?  11. Justice for Whom? Assessing Hybrid Approaches to Accountability in Sierra Leone  12. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Transitional Justice Processes: Evidence on Victims Responses to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission  Section D: Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, Post-War Reconstruction and the Building of a Capable State and the Role of the International Community in the Peace Process  13. To Rouse Liberia, Long Forlorn: Reconstruct Governance  14. The Post-Conflict Security Gap and the UN Peace Operations System  15. Africa’s Security Dilemma: National Stability vs. World Security  16. US Assistance to Africa: Challenges of Weapon Sales and Military Aid  17. Concluding Thoughts: After the Fighting Stops

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