Post-War Security Transitions

<p>This book explores the conditions under which non-state armed groups (NSAGs) participate in post-war security and political governance. </p><p>The text offers a comprehensive approach to post-war security transition processes based on five years of participatory research with local experts and representatives of former non-state armed groups. It analyses the successes and limits of peace negotiations demobilisation arms management political or security sector integration socio-economic reintegration and state reform from the direct point of view of conflict stakeholders who have been central participants in ongoing and past peacebuilding processes.</p><p>Challenging common perceptions of ex-combatants as spoilers or passive recipients of aid the various contributors examine the post-war transitions of these individuals from state challengers to peacebuilding agents. The book concludes on a cross-country comparative analysis of the main research findings and the ways in which they may facilitate a participatory inclusive and gender-sensitive peacebuilding strategy.</p><p><em>Post-War Security Transitions</em> will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding security governance war and conflict studies political violence and IR in general.</p>