Security, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation: When the Wars End

by Ndulo, Muna

• ISBN13: 9780203965733
• ISBN10: 0203965736
• Copyright: 2007-02-07
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This key text brings together a team of leading contributors to address the complex issues of security reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict societies. Security, Reconstruction and Reconciliationis organized into four main sections: the social, political, and economic dimensions of conflict the impact of conflict on women and children reconstruction and past human rights violations disarmament, demobilization, reintegration, post-war reconstruction and the building of a capable state and the role of the international community in the peace process. The chapters offer a detailed and succinct exposition of the challenges facing post conflict societies by articulating the vision of a new society. With a foreword by Francis Deng, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons, the authors discuss the issues in the context of possible solutions and lessons learnt in the field. This new book is a valuable resource for researchers, policy makers and students in the fields of conflict resolution, security studies, law and development.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction

The social, political, and economic dimensions of conflict

Arms trafficking and the local political economy of conflict

HIV/AIDS, conflicts, and security in Africa

Transparency and accountability in the use of petroleum revenues: a fundamental ingredient for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation in Africa's booming petro-states

Protecting and reintegrating displaced women and children postconflict

Impact of conflict on women and children

The impact of civil war on women and children in Africa

Security and reconstruction in Africa: role of Security Council Resolution 1325, Women, Peace and Security

Progress and hurdles on the road to prevent the use of children as soldiers and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration

Enhancing the role of women in processes in postconflict countries: constitutional and legislative measures

Reconstruction and past human rights violations: healing the nations

Truth commissions versus prosecutions: an African perspective

Justice for whom? Assessing hybrid approaches to accountability in Sierra Leone

Victims' responses to truth commissions: evidence from South Africa

Disarmament, demobilization, reintegration, post-war reconstruction, and the building of a capable state and the role of the international community in the peace process

Reconstruct governance to rouse Liberia, long forlorn

The postconflict security gap and the United Nations peace operations system

Africa's security dilemma: national stability versus world security

US security assistance and Africa: challenges of weapon sales and military aid

Concluding Thoughts: after the fighting stops

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