Security Sector Reform in Transforming Societies Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro

by Edmunds, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780719068881
• ISBN10: 0719068886
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This book is about the relationship between societies and their security forces at times of great political and societal change. It uses the experiences of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro to examine the control, management and reform of armed forces, police and intelligence agencies in the aftermath of conflict and authoritarianism. In so doing it addresses two underlying questions. First, how and in what ways does reform in the security sector interrelate with processes of domestic political and societal transformation, particularly democratisation. Second, how and in what ways do these processes relate and respond to internationally-driven efforts to promote a particular type of security sector reform as a component of wider peacebuilding and democracy promotion strategies. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Timothy Edmunds is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction: security sector reform in transforming societies	p. 1
Approach	p. 2
Conceptualising change	p. 8
The organisation of this book	p. 10
Security sector reform
Security sector reform: a framework for analysis	p. 15
The origins of security sector reform	p. 16
Defining security sector reform	p. 22
A framework for analysis	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 44
The political level
Security sector reform at the political level: Croatia	p. 53
The legacy of the 1990s	p. 53
First generation security sector reform	p. 58
Second generation security sector reform	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 75
Security sector reform at the political level: Serbia and Montenegro	p. 83
The legacy of the 1990s	p. 84
First generation security sector reform	p. 89
Second generation security sector reform	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 110
The organisational level
Security sector reform at the organisational level: Croatia	p. 121
The legacy of the 1990s	p. 121
Role	p. 127
Expertise	p. 137
Responsibility	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 144
Security sector reform at the organisational level: Serbia and Montenegro	p. 152
The legacy of the 1990s	p. 152
Role	p. 159
Expertise	p. 172
Responsibility	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 180
The international level
Security sector reform at the international level: Croatia	p. 191
Security assistance	p. 191
Pre-conditionality	p. 198
Direct conditionality	p. 202
Conclusion	p. 207
Security sector reform at the international level: Serbia and Montenegro	p. 213
Security assistance	p. 213
Pre-conditionality	p. 221
Direct conditionality	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 230
Conclusion
Conclusion: security sector reform in comparative context	p. 237
The specificities of reform	p. 238
The political level	p. 242
The organisational level	p. 247
The international level	p. 251
Conclusion	p. 256
Index	p. 259
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