Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: a chivalric quest; 1 Books of chivalry: assumptions and approaches to interventions; 2 A disenchanting reality: chaos and order; 3 Policy implementation, politics and ownership; 4 The dynamics of security interventions in local contexts; 5 Security interventions and the state; 6 Security interventions on the ground: reintegration; 7 Dynamics of security on the ground; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book examines the dynamics of security provision in international interventions in post-conflict states. It focuses on how international security interventions - such as Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programmes, Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Armed Violence Reduction (AVR) - play out in the post-civil war context in which they are implemented. The underlying assumptions of such interventions are that the state is the best placed to organise violence, that the ideal state has to function as an organisation with the legitimate monopoly on the use of violence, and that
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 23, 2015)
