From Civil Strife to Civil Society

by Maley, William; Sampford, C. J. G.; Thakur, Ramesh Chandra

• ISBN13: 9789280810707
• ISBN10: 9280810707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

This publication contains 18 papers which explore the challenges, posed by states involved in civil conflict, for the UN, individual countries and non-governmental organisations, whether acting as providers of humanitarian assistance or agents of political and social reconstruction. Issues discussed include: the dimensions of state disruption and the roles of the international community in responding to it; military doctrine for dealing with disorder and humanitarian emergencies; mechanisms for ending violence and delivering justice in post-conflict times; problems of rebuilding trust and promoting democracy; reconstitution of the rule of law; and the re-establishment of social and civil order.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The problem of disrupted states	p. 15
The dimensions of state disruption	p. 17
The international community and disrupted states	p. 31
The prevention-intervention dichotomy: Two sides of the same coin?	p. 57
Challenges for the military in disrupted states	p. 81
Managing future chaos: The United States Marine Corps in the twenty-first century	p. 83
Complex emergencies and military capabilities	p. 96
Ending violence	p. 109
Violence, sovereignty and conflict resolution	p. 111
Waging peace and ending violence in the twenty-first century	p. 132
Mercy and justice in the transition period	p. 145
Reconstituting political order	p. 161
Institutional design and the rebuilding of trust	p. 163
Democracy and democratisation	p. 180
Reconstituting legal order	p. 205
Rebuilding the rule of law	p. 207
Military force and justice	p. 229
Reconstituting social order	p. 255
The United Nations and social reconstruction in disrupted states	p. 257
Reconstituting whose social order? NGOs in disrupted states	p. 279
Comprehensive security partnerships for refugees	p. 300
Transition to civil order	p. 307
Disarmament and reintegration of combatants	p. 309
Policing civil order	p. 327
Afterword: Rebuilding the rule of law in the Horn of Africa	p. 340
List of contributors	p. 351
Index	p. 355
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