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Author Dzinesa, Gwinyayi Albert

Title Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in Southern Africa : Swords into Ploughshares?
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages)
Series Rethinking Political Violence
Rethinking political violence.
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Contents; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction; Why Another DDR Book Is Necessary; Methodology; Case Selection; Outline of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Processes; Disarmament; Demobilization; Reintegration; "First-Generation" and "Second-Generation" DDR; Target Group; State Agency in DDR; Structural and Organizational Framework; Linkages Between DDR and SSR in State-, Nation- and Peacebuilding; Post-conflict Violence Types; Notes
Chapter 3: Zimbabwe: DDR by Trial and ErrorIntroduction; Zimbabwe's Liberation War; Lancaster House Agreement: Sacrificing DDR to End the War; Ceasefire and Elections: Creating a Legitimate Framework for DDR; Pre-integration Disarmament and Demobilization: Pay and Scatter; Military Integration and State- and Nation-ƯBuilding: A Prelude to Institutionalized DDR; Demobilization and Reintegration; Operation SEED (Soldiers Engaged in Economic Development); 1981-1983 Demobilization and Reintegration Process: Rectifying "Pay and Scatter"; Demobilization Allowance; Education and Technical Training
Employment Co-operatives and Entrepreneurial Guidance; DDR of Special Categories: A Double Jeopardy?; Women Ex-combatants; Ineligible Ex-combatants; Civil Society and the Wider Community; Taking Stock of the Second DDR Initiative; Enter the ZNLWVA: Reviving State Agency by Ex-combatant Agency; 1997 Phase of Reintegration: Third Time Unlucky?; Land, War Veterans and Political Violence; Renewed Phase of Reintegration: Better Late Than Never?; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Namibia: Creating a Time Bomb; Introduction; UNTAG Background; Namibia's Liberation War
UNTAG's Disarmament and DemobilizationFormation of the Namibia Defence Force: A Reconciliation and Nation-Building Vehicle; Creating a Time Bomb? Post-independence Reintegration of Ex-fighters; 1991 War Veterans Protest: Sparking Off State Reintegration Agency; Development Brigade: 1991-1992; Special Categories; Disabled Ex-combatants; Women Ex-combatants; PLAN "Dissidents"; SWAPO Veterans Trust; Explosion of the DDR Time Bomb; Peace Project: Revival of State Agency in DDR; State Agency and Dedicated Ministry; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5: South Africa: Demobilization into the Cold
IntroductionSouth Africa's Armed Anti-apartheid Struggle; The Multiparty Negotiating Framework and DDR; Transitional Executive Council; Pre-integration Disarmament and Demobilization; Formation of the SANDF; Demobilization and Reintegration into the Cold; Gratuity Payments; The Service Corps; War Veteran Violence; Special Categories; War Veterans Associations; Renewed DDR Efforts; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Structural and Organizational Framework; Peace Processes and DDR; Disconnect Between DD and R; Linkages Between DDR and SSR in State- and Nation-Building
Summary Annotation This work is a critical comparative reflection of the post-colonial conflict Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. It offers an up-to-date comparative analysis of how specific analytical elements that transcend state boundaries shaped DDR in the three southern African countries
Notes Target Group, State Agency and Post-conflict Violence
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Subject Peace-building -- Africa, Southern
Peace-building
Southern Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783319605494
3319605496