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Book Reintegrating Communities in Conflict

Download or read book Reintegrating Communities in Conflict written by Kimberly A. Maynard and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing a combination of extensive personal experience in Africa, former Soviet Union, Asia and Europe, and field research, interviews and in-depth literature review, this study offers a multi-level analysis of complex emergencies. The unprecedented number of civilians exposed to violence in today's crises has exceeded the bounds of conventional humanitarian assistance in the demands for greater understanding of community level consequences, and for psychological, social and political solutions. In the interdependent post Cold War world, the international community is equivocal about how to respond to this increasing number of internecine conflicts. Using case studies such as Rwanda, Tajikistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Georgia, Liberia, and Bosnia, this study critiques conventional notions of conflict, disaster and aid, and offers new perspectives in light of today's conditions.

Book The State of Peacebuilding in Africa

Download or read book The State of Peacebuilding in Africa written by Terence McNamee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed by the contributors include conflict prevention, mediation, and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration; the role of women, religion, humanitarianism, grassroots organizations, and early warning systems; and the impact of global, regional, and continental bodies. The book's thematic chapters are complemented by six country/region case studies: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/South Sudan, Mozambique and the Sahel/Mali. Each chapter concludes with a set of key lessons learned that could be used to inform the building of a more sustainable peace in Africa. The State of Peacebuilding in Africa was born out of the activities of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP), a Carnegie-funded, continent-wide network of African organizations that works with the Wilson Center to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. The research for this book was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Book Reintegration of Ex Combatants After Conflict

Download or read book Reintegration of Ex Combatants After Conflict written by W. Kilroy and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reintegration programmes for ex-combatants are supposed to support the wider peace process. This study, based on detailed fieldwork, looks at the way they were carried out in Sierra Leone and Liberia and assesses the degree to which they were conducted in a participatory way.

Book Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding

Download or read book Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding written by A. Özerdem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to recognise youths as political actors, which can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored.

Book Post conflict Disarmament  Demobilization and Reintegration

Download or read book Post conflict Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration written by Dr Antonio Giustozzi and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits post-Cold War Disarmament Disintegration and Reintegration (DDR) programmes in the light of previous experiences of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration. In the history of North America and Europe, in particular, such programmes had a major impact on state-building, contributing to the development of the welfare state, shaping political settlements and directing government policy to maintain social peace. The authors in this important book ask what is left of these state-building dimensions in contemporary DDR programmes and whether the constraints imposed by international organisations on DDR programmes have more negative effects than positive ones. The role of political leadership in DDR processes is highlighted: can bureaucratically-driven processes deliver success? Only if political elites take full control and manage DDR programmes can there be a lasting impact on state-building. Even then, most political elites avoid deep changes in their relationship with the veterans. Is there a chance of reshaping international intervention in such a way as to favour the development of a 'social contract' between political elites and veterans? In taking a historical perspective, this book is unique in the existing literature on DDR and will be essential reading for policy makers, students and scholars of conflict studies, and those working in NGOs, particularly donor agencies. This volume was produced with the contribution of the Crisis States Research Centre (LSE).

Book Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict

Download or read book Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ex Combatants and the Post Conflict State

Download or read book Ex Combatants and the Post Conflict State written by J. McMullin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

Book Gender  Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda

Download or read book Gender Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda written by Allen Kiconco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what happened when the tens of thousands of girls (now women) abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Drawing on extensive original research, the author considers the challenges which the formerly abducted women have encountered upon their return, the strategies which have been used to aid their reintegration, and the enduring stigma of abduction which they continue to suffer from. The author demonstrates that ‘home’, a place of hope and comfort, can also be a hostile environment which leaves formerly abducted women in precarious and vulnerable situations. The many shortcomings in the reintegration process have serious implications for the prospects of post-conflict reconstruction. Analysing reintegration as a long-term and dynamic process which involves complex negotiations and exchanges between hosting communities and formerly abducted women, this book will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict.

Book Healing Communities in Conflict

Download or read book Healing Communities in Conflict written by Kimberly A. Maynard and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5. Communities in Conflict

Book Young Soldiers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Brett
  • Publisher : International Labour Organization
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9789221137184
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Young Soldiers written by Rachel Brett and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that more than 300,000 children are involved in armed conflicts throughout the world, the vast majority through forced labour. This publication contains the personal views and experiences of child soldiers, highlighting a number of factors contributing to their participation, including the socio-economic and political environment, and their vulnerable personal circumstances, as well as how diverse risk factors interact. These personal stories also draw attention to the gender dimensions of the problem, and to concept of child soldiers 'volunteering' in armed conflict situations. The book then goes on to explore key factors in the development of a comprehensive strategy to tackle the problem, including addressing issues of breakdown of law and order, availability of weapons, extreme forms of social exclusion including poverty and inequality, lack of educational opportunities, widespread child abuse and child labour. The publication includes profiles of conflict situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Congo, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Book Conflict and Development

Download or read book Conflict and Development written by Roger Macginty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the five years since the first edition of Conflict and Development was published the awareness of the relationship between conflicts and development has grown exponentially. Developmental factors can act as a trigger for violence, as well as for ending violence and for triggering post-conflict reconstruction. The book explores the complexity of the links between violent conflict (usually civil wars) and development, under-development and uneven development. The second edition incorporates significant changes in the field including the G7+ initiative, the New Deal on Fragile States, World Trade talks, major policy documents from the UNDP and World Bank and updates on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Book Reconciliation in Conflict Affected Communities

Download or read book Reconciliation in Conflict Affected Communities written by Bert Jenkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the formal and informal reconciliation processes during conflict and post-conflict periods in various locations in the Asia-Pacific, and includes cases studies based on primary research conducted in countries such as Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, South Thailand, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. It offers insights to further our understanding of the social and political processes of reconciliation in a region that has witnessed numerous armed conflicts, many of them perpetuating over generations. The book also draws lessons from the richness arising from diversity in terms of religious and cultural practices, social life, and forms of government and governance, and through the exploration of theories and practices of reconciliation in conflict and post-conflict contexts in the region. It provides useful reference material for researchers, academics, policy makers and students working in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, social cohesion, development, transitional justice and human rights in the Asia and Pacific region.

Book The Politics of Post War Demobilisation and Reintegration in Nigeria

Download or read book The Politics of Post War Demobilisation and Reintegration in Nigeria written by Dr Olukunle Ojeleye and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an increasing international interest in post civil war demobilisation and reintegration, especially in Africa, Ojeleye presents a well timed body of knowledge on the Nigerian civil war. Moreover, this book provides an in-depth study of the modalities and processes of the demobilisation and reintegration exercises carried out at the end of the Nigerian civil war and assesses their implications for national politics in the West African nation. The author identifies the political, socio-economic and cultural background to the Nigerian civil war and discusses the central theme of demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) in Nigeria against the backdrop of the policy of the country's post war reconstruction, reconciliation and rehabilitation exercise (the 3Rs). Though the central theme is Nigeria, it compares the demobilisation and reintegration exercise in Nigeria with other attempts in Sub Sahara Africa by highlighting the important deviations and drawing some conclusions on the Nigerian experience. It also touches on issues relating to international involvement and intervention in civil wars and the roles of the African Union, the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations.

Book Violence in Post Conflict Societies

Download or read book Violence in Post Conflict Societies written by Anders Themnér and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do not. Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source of insecurity, there have been few efforts to systematically examine why some ex-combatants re-engage in organized violence, while others do not. This book compares the presence or absence of organized violence in different ex-combatant communities – former fighters that used to belong to the same armed faction and who share a common, horizontal identity based on shared war-and peacetime experiences – in the Republic of Congo (ex-Cobras, Cocoyes and Ninjas) and Sierra Leone (ex-Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Civil Defense Force and Revolutionary United Front). The main determinants of ex-combatant violence are whether former fighters have access to elites and to second-tier individuals – such as former mid-level commanders – who can act as intermediaries between the two. By utilizing relationships based on selective incentives and social networks, these two kinds of remobilizers are able to generate the needed enticements and feelings of affinity, trust or fear to convince ex-combatants to resort to arms. These findings demonstrate that the outbreak of ex-combatant violence can only be understood by more clearly incorporating an actor perspective, focusing on three levels of analysis: the elite, midlevel and grass-root. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, civil wars, post-conflict reconstruction, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR.

Book Building Cooperation in Post Conflict Areas

Download or read book Building Cooperation in Post Conflict Areas written by Kathleen Kuehnast and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civil War Chronicles

    Book Details:
  • Author : A.J. Kingston
  • Publisher : A.J. Kingston
  • Release : 101-01-01
  • ISBN : 1839384166
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Civil War Chronicles written by A.J. Kingston and published by A.J. Kingston. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the Civil War Chronicles Book Bundle: From Conflict to Redemption Step into the pages of history and experience the Civil War like never before with our exclusive book bundle, Civil War Chronicles: From Conflict to Redemption. Delve into the epic saga of America's most defining and transformative era with four captivating volumes that cover every facet of this momentous period. Book 1 - Dawn of Disunion: The Roots of America's Civil War Unravel the intricate web of events that led to the eruption of America's Civil War. Book 1 takes you on a riveting journey through the early years of the nation, exploring the political, social, and economic factors that sowed the seeds of disunion. Dive into the lives of the Founding Fathers, the Missouri Compromise, and the inevitable clash between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions. Gain a profound understanding of the tensions that shaped the destiny of a nation. Book 2 - Through the Smoke and Blood: Battles of the Civil War March onto the battlefield and experience the gut-wrenching reality of the Civil War's most significant conflicts. Book 2 places you amid the smoke, chaos, and bloodshed of some of history's most consequential battles. From the First Battle of Bull Run to the turning point at Gettysburg, witness the bravery, sacrifice, and strategic maneuvers that decided the fate of a divided country. Book 3 - Shattered Bonds: The Human Cost of the Civil War In Book 3, journey beyond the battle lines to uncover the human toll of the Civil War. Explore the stories of families torn apart, soldiers enduring the horrors of war, and civilians caught in the crossfire. Learn about the struggles of women on the homefront, the psychological scars of war, and the brave contributions of African Americans in the fight for freedom. Shattered Bonds reveals the heart-wrenching and heroic stories that often go untold. Book 4 - From Reconstruction to Redemption: America's Post-Civil War Struggle As the smoke cleared and the guns fell silent, America faced the daunting task of rebuilding itself. Book 4 delves into the tumultuous period of Reconstruction, where the nation grappled with the challenges of healing wounds and rebuilding a shattered society. Witness the rise of sharecropping, the emergence of Jim Crow laws, and the heroic efforts of African Americans fighting for civil rights. Discover the untold chapters of America's struggle for redemption. Why Choose the Civil War Chronicles Book Bundle? Comprehensive Coverage: Immerse yourself in the full narrative of the Civil War, from its inception to its lasting impact on American society. Engaging and Authoritative: Written by leading historians, each book presents a rich, engaging, and well-researched account of the Civil War's defining moments. A Timeless Treasure: These volumes are not only historical accounts but also timeless pieces of literature that will captivate generations to come. Perfect for History Enthusiasts: Whether you are a seasoned history buff or just beginning to explore this fascinating period, the Civil War Chronicles bundle is an essential addition to your library. Unlock the Secrets of America's Turbulent Past The Civil War Chronicles book bundle is an invitation to explore the triumphs and tragedies, the heroes and villains, and the complex tapestry of the American Civil War. Follow the epic journey from conflict to redemption, and gain a profound appreciation for the resilience and determination of a nation striving for unity and justice. Claim Your Copy Today and Preserve the Legacy of the Civil War for Generations to Come!