"Security sector reform (SSR) is widely recognised as key to conflict prevention, peace-building, sustainable development and democratisation. SSR has gained mo

Multilateral organizations - the United Nations (UN) in particular - have played, and continue to play, an important role in shaping the security sector reform

Over the last decade the failure of countries to emerge from conflict has focused attention on state security sectors. This book examines how the external appro

The reform and the democratic control of the security sector-and the joining together of security and development-have become a major focus of international int

"Original versions: English and Arabic, Geneva and Ramallah, 2007"--T.p. verso.