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