Reconstructing Security After Conflict

Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone

By: Peter Albrecht, Paul Jackson

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Hardcover | 1 December 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Security in Sierra Leone has been transformed since the end of the war in 2002, the intervention of the international community (particularly the UN and the UK) and the work of Sierra Leonean government officials who have kept reforms going over a long period of time. As a result, Sierra Leone is frequently seen as the example of `security sector reform' (SSR). This book looks at the group of reforms that eventually produced SSR in Sierra Leone, tracing the evolution from fire-fighting to increasingly medium-term programmes within an overall framework of long-term commitment to Sierra Leone. It shows how this evolution happened and analyzes some of the consequences of the actions taken. It also investigates how the experience of Sierra Leone was critical to the development of policies that came to be known as SSR.

Based on research including the formation of a working group of key actors involved in the process itself, both from the UK and Sierra Leone, and a comprehensive programme of discussions, seminars and interviews with many people involved in the process of SSR, this book has been based on extensive engagement with people involved in the process itself. It is the first comprehensive study of what happened in Sierra Leone between the late 1990s and the elections in 2007.

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'Drawing on truly impressive source material collected over years, the authors document brilliantly not only how SSR was pioneered in Sierra Leone, but also the bureaucratic politics that saw the Department for International Development move into traditional security work, and later back to more 'suitable' activities like legal reform, prison reform, and access to justice.' - African Affairs

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List of Tables and Figures	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
How did SSR in Sierra Leone Impact on International Policy-Making on SSR?	p. 27
Security and Sierra Leone Up Until the End of the Conflict	p. 51
The Development of an SSR Concept, 2002-2005	p. 95
Consolidation and Development, 2005-2007	p. 133
Cross-Cutting Themes Throughout the Period in Sierra Leone and Beyond	p. 171
Conclusions	p. 195
Notes	p. 209
References	p. 222
Index	p. 227
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