Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions
1st Edition
Published on 19. September 2019
304 pages
978-0-19-258885-2 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Zoltan Barany | Sumit Bisarya | Sujit Choudhry
Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions
Book
09/2019
Oxford University Press
€130.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
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.
Content
- 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
- Conclusion: Security Sector Reform and constitutional Transitions-Challenging the Consensus
