Challenges Of Security Sector Governance In West Africa

Author : Alan Bryden,Boubacar N'Diaye,ʼFunmi Olonisakin
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 3825886816

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Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa by Alan Bryden,Boubacar N'Diaye,ʼFunmi Olonisakin Pdf

There is currently no comprehensive study of the status of security sector governance in West Africa. Many efforts to understand governance of the security sector in Africa have been directed either at individual countries or at providing a general analysis of the state and security in Africa. This book is intended to contribute to confidence and peace-building through developing a better understanding of the challenges of security sector governance and generating practical policy recommendations based on work conducted by West African experts. It analyses the nature of security sector governance in each of the 16 West African states, provides an assessment of the effectiveness of governance mechanisms, in particular relating to democratic oversight of the security sector, and takes into account the regional and international dimensions to the issue.

Author : Alan Bryden,Boubacar N'Diaye
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643801098

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Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa by Alan Bryden,Boubacar N'Diaye Pdf

Experience shows that successful democratic transitions need to be underpinned by a security sector that is effective, well managed, and accountable to the state and its citizens. This is why it is so important to carefully examine security sector governance dynamics in contexts where security has often remained a 'reserved domain.' Understanding the issues and perspectives that divide political elites, the security sector, and citizens is the only way to develop security sector reform programs that are legitimate and sustainable at the national level. Through drawing on the close contextual knowledge of practitioners, researchers, and diverse local actors, this book supports this goal by analyzing security sector governance dynamics in each of the nine Francophone countries within West Africa. From this basis, strengths and weaknesses are analyzed, local capacities evaluated, and entry points identified to promote democratic security sector governance in the West African region. (Series: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces [DCAF])

Author : Alan Bryden,Fairlie Chappuis
Publisher : Ubiquity Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909188686

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Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance by Alan Bryden,Fairlie Chappuis Pdf

Many efforts have been undertaken to address dysfunctional security sector governance in West Africa. However, security sector reform (SSR) has fallen short of radical – transformational – change to the fundamental structures of power and governance in the region. Looking more closely at specific examples of SSR in six West African countries, Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance explores both progress and reversals in efforts by national stakeholders and their international partners to positively influence security sector governance dynamics. Written by eminent national experts based on their personal experiences of these reform contexts, this study offers new insights and practical lessons that should inform processes to improve democratic security sector governance in West Africa and beyond.

Author : Len Le Roux,Yemane Kidane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132411187

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Challenges to Security Sector Reform by Len Le Roux,Yemane Kidane Pdf

Security sector reform (SSR) is key to ensuring sustainable democratisation and peacebuilding processes in the Horn of Africa. This monograph, edited by Len Le Roux and Yemane Kidane, compares SSR experiences in the region and highlights security reform challenges facing the Horn of Africa. SSR in the Horn should include both restructuring of security institutions and strengthening of political, judicial and civil society oversight capacities. It should also be based on a comprehensive, accurate analysis of overall regional and national contexts.

Author : Nicole Ball,Kayode Fayemi,Centre for Democracy & Development
Publisher : Centre for Democracy & Development Africa Office
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121869890

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Security Sector Governance in Africa by Nicole Ball,Kayode Fayemi,Centre for Democracy & Development Pdf

Author : Adekeye Adebajo,Ismail O. D. Rashid
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1588262847

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West Africa's Security Challenges by Adekeye Adebajo,Ismail O. D. Rashid Pdf

Provides a context for understanding West Africa's security dilemmas, highlighting the link between failures of economic development, governance, and democratization on the one hand and military insecurity and violent conflicts on the other.

Author : Alan Bryden,'Funmi Olonisakin
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643800718

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Security Sector Transformation in Africa by Alan Bryden,'Funmi Olonisakin Pdf

The need for security sector transformation (SST) is prominent in the work of scholars, policy makers and practitioners that focus on the security sector and its governance in Africa. At the heart of this approach is the requirement for comprehensive change in the orientation, values, principles and practices that shape the provision, management and oversight of security on the African continent. The evident obstacles to achieving such far-reaching goals mean that it is particularly important to identify the practical utility of the SST concept in supporting positive behaviour change within different African settings. It is also necessary to clarify the relationship between the concept of security sector transformation and the evolving security sector reform (SSR) discourse. This volume seeks to provide such additional clarity to SST and its relationship to SSR. It includes contributions from a range of acknowledged experts analysing dynamics of security sector transformation at the domestic level as well as 'beyond the state'. The resulting insights are intended to help elaborate an understanding of the challenges to and opportunities for the realisation of an operational security sector transformation agenda in Africa.

Author : Alan Bryden,Fairlie Chappuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1909188670

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Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance by Alan Bryden,Fairlie Chappuis Pdf

Many efforts have been undertaken to address dysfunctional security sector governance in West Africa. However, security sector reform (SSR) has fallen short of radical -transformational - change to the fundamental structures of power and governance in the region. Looking more closely at specific examples of SSR in six West African countries, Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance explores both progress and reversals in efforts by national stakeholders and their international partners to positively influence security sector governance dynamics. Written by eminent national experts based on their personal experiences of these reform contexts, this study offers new insights and practical lessons that should inform processes to improve democratic security sector governance in West Africa and beyond.

Author : Alexandre Marc,Neelam Verjee,Stephen Mogaka
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781464804656

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The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa by Alexandre Marc,Neelam Verjee,Stephen Mogaka Pdf

Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten to undermine some of the progress achieved in recent years. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa critically examines the key drivers of conflict and violence, and the way in which they impact the countries of the sub-region. In addition to emerging threats, these drivers include the challenges of youth inclusion, migration, sub-regional imbalances, and extractives, as well as challenges related to the fragility of political institutions and managing the competition for power, reform of the security sector, and weakness of institutions related to land management. The book explores how the sub-region, under the auspices of the regional organization ECOWAS, has become a pioneer on the continent in terms of addressing regional challenges. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa also identifies key lessons in the dynamics of resilience in the face of political violence and civil war drawn from CÃ ́te d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, that can be useful for countries around the world in similar situations. It incorporates knowledge and findings from leading experts and provides insights from academics and development practitioners. Finally, the book identifies possible policy and programmatic responses and directions for policy dialogue at the national and international levels.

Author : Fairlie Chappuis,Alan Bryden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
ISBN : 1909188700

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Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance by Fairlie Chappuis,Alan Bryden Pdf

Author : Victor-Yves Ghebali,Alexander Lambert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132246559

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Democratic Governance of the Security Sector Beyond the OSCE Area by Victor-Yves Ghebali,Alexander Lambert Pdf

"The present book addresses the prospects for security sector reform and governance regimes, focusing on democratic civilian control of armed forces. The geographic area of interest goes beyond that of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), i.e. outside the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian areas. It assesses the extent to which the pioneering OSCE experience has inspired Africa and the Americas - in terms of norms, principles and procedures - within their respective multilateral institutional settings." --Book Jacket.

Author : Albrecht Schnabel,Vanessa Farr
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643801173

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Back to the Roots by Albrecht Schnabel,Vanessa Farr Pdf

There has now been more than a decade of conceptual work, policy development, and operational activity in the field of security sector reform (SSR). To what extent has its original aim, to support and facilitate development, been met? The various contributions to this book address this question, offering a range of insights on the theoretical and practical relevance of the security-development nexus in SSR. They examine claims of how and whether SSR effectively contributes to achieving both security and development objectives. In particular, the analyses presented in the book provide a salutary lesson that development and security communities need to take each other's concerns into account when planning, implementing, and evaluating their activities. The book offers academics, policy-makers, and practitioners within the development and security communities relevant lessons, suggestions, and practical advice for approaching SSR as an instrument that serves both security and development objectives. (Series: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces [DCAF])

Author : Heiner Hänggi,Theodor Winkler
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015058081871

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Challenges of Security Sector Governance by Heiner Hänggi,Theodor Winkler Pdf

The war in Iraq in spring 2003 was a further indication of the "resecuritization" of international relations triggered by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. However, the new (or renewed) primacy of security will be of a rather different nature as compared to the Cold War period. The underlying assumption of the essays in this volume is that security issues will increasingly be approached from a governance perspective and that, in this context, the internal dimension of security governance--security sector governance--is an issue whose rapidly growing importance has not yet been duly recognized. Heiner Hnggi is assistant director of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces. Theodor H. Winkler is director of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.

Author : 'Funmi Olonisakin,Awino Okech
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781906387891

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Women and Security Governance in Africa by 'Funmi Olonisakin,Awino Okech Pdf

Debates about security governance in Africa and about the place of women within it have moved in parallel despite their interconnection. In this book, the authors align the debates, locating African-specific and feminist analysis within the security discourse.

Author : Alan Bryden,Heiner Hänggi
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Armed forces reorganisation
ISBN : 3825877701

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Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector by Alan Bryden,Heiner Hänggi Pdf

"Security sector reform (SSR) is widely recognised as key to conflict prevention, peace-building, sustainable development and democratisation. SSR has gained most practical relevance in the context of post-conflict reconstruction of so-called failed states' and states emerging from violent internal or inter-state conflict. As this volume shows, almost all states need to reform their security sectors to a greater or lesser extent, according to the specific security, political and socio-economic contexts, as well as in response to the new security challenges resulting from globalisation and post-9/11 developments. Contributions from academics and practitioners elaborate on both the conceptual underpinnings and the practical realities of security sector reform and - a crucial aspect of post-conflict peace-building - security sector reconstruction. "