Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions

by Barany, Zoltan; Bisarya, Sumit; Choudhry, Sujit; Stacey, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780198848943
• ISBN10: 0198848943
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-11-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Zoltan Barany is Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Centennial Professor, Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sumit Bisarya is Head of Constitution Building and Head of Mission at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).

Sujit Choudhry is Director of the Center for Constitutional Transitions; Guest Researcher, Centre for Global Constitutionalism, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre; and Constitutional Advisor, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).

Richard Stacey is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Leverage, Sequencing, Design, and Separation-Considerations in Security Sector Reform During Constitutional Transition, Zoltan Barany, Sumit Bisarya, Sujit Choudhry, and Richard Stacey
PART I MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS
1. Security Sector Reform in Post-Franco Spain, Narcis Serra
2. The Slow Change in Chile: Long-Term Security Sector Reform Alongside Constitutional Transition, Gonzalo Garcia Pino
3. Argentina's Security Sector Reform: Democratization Before Constitutional Transition, Sandra Elena and Julia Pomares
PART II POLICE STATES
4. Police Impunity in Kenya, Richard Stacey
5. Constitutional Reform and Security Sector Reform in Ghana, Ernest Lartey and Kwesi Aning
6. Security Sector Reform and Democratic Transition in Parallel: The South African Case, Richard Stacey and Christina Murray
PART III POST-AUTHORITARIAN REFORM: RUPTURES, CONFLICT, AND MANAGED TRANSITIONS
7. Constitutional Reform Processes and Security Sector Reform: Principles for Practice-Iraq Case Study, Zaid al-Ali
8. The Arab Spring Region in a Constitutional Era: A Few Instances of Short-Lived Security Sector Reform, Philippe Droz-Vincent
9. Stage-Managing Security Sector Reform in Indonesia, Agus Widjojo and Andrew Ellis
Conclusion: Security Sector Reform and constitutional Transitions-Challenging the Consensus, Zoltan Barany, Sujit Choudhry, and Kent Roach