Security sector reform in constitutional transitions / edited by Zoltan Barany, Sumit Bisarya, Sujit Choudhry, and Richard Stacey

Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: xii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Barany, Zoltan D., Bisarya, Sumit, Choudhry, Sujit, and Stacey, Richard

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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.

Summary

Security sector reform (SSR) is central to the democratic transitions currently unfolding across the globe, as a diverse range of countries grapple with how to transform militias, tribal forces, and dominant military, police, and intelligence agencies into democratically controlled and accountable security services. SSR will be a key element in shifts from authoritarian to democratic rule for the foreseeable future, since abuse of the security sector is a central technique of autocratic government. This edited collection advances solutions through a selection of case studies from around the world that cover a wide range of contexts.

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9780198848943 hardcover
0198848943 hardcover

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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