Post-war recovery
Subtitle: disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
By: Alpaslan Özerdem.
Series: International library of post-war reconstruction and development -- 3; International library of postwar reconstruction and development -- 3.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781845114619
Subjects: Disarmament; Postwar reconstruction; Peace-building
Description: "DDR is an essential compnent of international peacebuilding schemes. This title is the first appraisal of its effectiveness in a variety of international contexts. It draws out lessons to be learned.In countries affected by war, the cessation of hostilities inevitably produces a large number of demobilised combatants, most of them lacking any basic means of support or livelihood. The failure to respond to the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of such former combatants can cause high levels of insecurity, at worst a resumption of armed conflict. Accordingly DDR is now a regular component of post-conflict reconstruction efforts around the world. Postwar Recovery provides a unique study of DDR in action. Drawing upon the experience of four major war-torn societies - Afghanistan, Kosovo, El Salvador and Sierra Leone - the author provides the first comparative analysis of DDR, exploring the planning, implementation and effectiveness of DDR in each country. In a final chapter, the author draws out the lessons to be learned."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants in a peacebuilding context; title: El Salvador : land reform-centered reintegration, long-term poverty and insecurity; title: Kosovo : transformation of a 'terrorist' organization into a 'civil defence' corps; title: Sierra Leone : hard caseload, dire circumstances and nationally coordinated reintegration; title: Afghanistan : much politics, not much local ownership and no sustainability; title: Conclusion: A comparative analysis.