Militias and the challenges of post-conflict peace
Subtitle: silencing the guns
By: Chris Alden, Monika Thakur and Matthew Arnold
Contributors: Thakur, Monica; Arnold, Matthew, Dr
Publisher: Zed
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781848135277; 9781848135260
Subjects: Peace-building; Militia
Description: Bringing together four intensively researched case studies - the Democratic Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and Sudan - Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace argues that the international community's 'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitarization is ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias. In doing so, the authors propose a radical new framework for demilitarization that questions conventional models and takes into account the reality on the ground.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index.