Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace by Alden, Chris

Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848135277)

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Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace by Alden, Chris

Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace

$40.95
Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace by Alden, Chris

Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace

$40.95
Format: Paperback
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Militias have proven to be a consistent and enduring challenge to achieving peace in war zones around the world. Whether armed by embattled governments in defence of their territory or fostered by external actors in the interests of greed or grievance, these groups occupy an uncertain and deeply controversial position in the changing landscape of conflict.

Linked variously to atrocities against civilians or international criminal elements, part of what distinguishes them from more traditional combatants is their willingness to engage in violent tactics that defy international norms as well as a proclivity to embrace expediency in alliance-making. As such, their diversity of form, unorthodox nature and sheer numbers make achieving short-term stability and an enduring peace a consistently difficult proposition.

Bringing together the lessons learned from four intensively researched case studies - the Democratic Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and Sudan - the book argues that the overly rigid 'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitaristation, developed and commonly implemented presently by the international community, is ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias. In doing so, the authors propose a radical new framework for demilitarization that questions conventional models and takes into account on-the-ground realities.

Author: Chris Alden, Monika Thakur, Matthew Arnold
ISBN-10: 1848135270
ISBN-13: 9781848135277
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2011
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d

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Choice 12/01/2011
By Chris Alden
By Chris Alden
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Chris Alden is a Reader at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. He has published extensively on demilitarization in journals such as Security Dialogue, Journal of Modern African Studies, and Conflict, Security and Development.

Monika Thakur is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada. She has published on demilitarization in journals such as African Security Review, and Conflict, Security and Development.

Matthew Arnold graduated from the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. He is currently working as a freelance journalist. He has published on demilitarization in journals such as Conflict, Security and Development, Asian Survey, and International Peacekeeping.
Chris Alden is a Reader at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. He has published extensively on demilitarization in journals such as Security Dialogue, Journal of Modern African Studies, and Conflict, Security and Development.

Monika Thakur is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada. She has published on demilitarization in journals such as African Security Review, and Conflict, Security and Development.

Matthew Arnold graduated from the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics. He is currently working as a freelance journalist. He has published on demilitarization in journals such as Conflict, Security and Development, Asian Survey, and International Peacekeeping.

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