Building on what works: local actors and service delivery in fragile situations

Albrecht, Peter

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“…Indeed, even if this were possible, abrupt change would not be sensitive to the potential for conflict in fragile situations. Working with and building on already existing institutions therefore becomes essential" [57].…”

Section: An Afghan Copmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These experiences can in turn feed into security policy reforms that can bridge existing gaps between the police and communities, and can help to better understand the range of actors and interests operating at the local level to find the right mix of security and development. As Albrecht rightly reminds us: "Actors such as traditional leaders and vigilante groups are considered the primary providers of justice and security in most fragile environments, and deal with an estimated 70 to 90 per cent of local disputes in Africa and Asia" [57]. This is indeed the case in Nimruz, and in Afghanistan in general, where the shura and other local informal institutions remain the most important arenas for conflict resolution in the community.…”

Section: An Afghan Copmentioning

confidence: 99%

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From Guns to Roses: Understanding Community-Oriented Policing in Afghanistan

Nyborg

Ganapathy

Nimruzi

2019

Journal of Human Security

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In Afghanistan, police reform is an important focus of international efforts. After over a decade of assistance, however, there are still daunting challenges of public trust and police effectiveness. From a civilian perspective, the role of the police is a crucial one-and very different from that of the military. Communities, being at the very heart of security challenges, are well positioned to understand the intricacies of security and development. A police service able to work closely with communities plays an important role in managing conflict in the long run. Recognizing this, Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoIA) has steadily increased its efforts in community-oriented policing (COP), despite a deteriorating security situation since the withdrawal of US troops in 2014.This paper explores how COP in Afghanistan links with local communities and institutions to ensure both peoples' security and trust. It begins by considering police-community relations through a broad lens of human security, which comprises the social, economic, political, cultural and legal aspects of their everyday lives. We then examine international assistance to police reform, how the Afghan police have developed their COP philosophy, and how this has played out in re-defining police-community relations. Using field data from Nimruz Province, we then look at the role of local institutions of chowkidari and shura in addressing people's insecurities, and opportunities for linking these with COP efforts of the police. We conclude that there is a real potential for COP in Afghanistan that his locally owned and sustainable, if enough attention is given to inclusive processes and developing creative and flexible trust-building relationships with local institutions and organizations.

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Section: An Afghan Copmentioning

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Section: An Afghan Copmentioning

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From Guns to Roses: Understanding Community-Oriented Policing in Afghanistan

Nyborg

Ganapathy

Nimruzi

2019

Journal of Human Security

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“…Therefore, the provision of justice and security has not only been of interest to anthropologists of the state but also to scholars studying the breakdown of state structures in situations of conflict. They found that even weak states or states affected by conflicts usually see the importance of maintaining control over the sector of security and justice: B€ orzel and Risse 2015and Albrecht (2013) for instance hold that at the moment states fail to deliver certain services, an institutional void is created in which non-state actors are often quick to jump in to provide alternative modes of governance. Hoffmann and Vlassenroot (2014) argued that justice and security-alongside taxation, for pragmatic reasons-are also the first services nonstate actors start to organise when taking over authority and control from the state in war-affected areas (Hoffmann and Vlassenroot 2014).…”

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“…These non-state actors constitute a heterogeneous category, including local power holders, civil society actors, international organisations, private parties etc. (Albrecht 2013).…”

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Seeking justice, experiencing the state: criminal justice and real legal uncertainty in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jacobs

2018

The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

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This article studies criminal justice in the conflict-affected east of the DR Congo, showing that in cases involving serious injury or violent death, people expect the involvement of the state's justice system despite their doubts about its functioning. The paper uses an ethnographic approach to study how the state, in a context of fragility becomes visible to people in the particular domain of criminal justice. The data show that Congolese justice seekers hardly expect "real legal certainty," but instead look for outcomes that come closest to their emic ideas about what is just and what is right. To access state justice, it is widely held necessary to have either money or connections with more powerful people. For those without such connections, resort to non-state justice, including popular justice, can be a viable alternative. The empirical data illustrate how a relational approach to the state can help in understanding people's experiences with and perceptions about the state and their reasons for resorting to state or nonstate criminal justice provision. It thereby sheds light on how expectations about access to state justice and a lack of real legal certainty shape the existence of legal pluralism.

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“…• Alternative governance paradigms need to be fleshed out and mainstreamed. In light of the perceived failings of the good governance paradigm, attempts have been made to develop new paradigms, such as "best fit" or "good enough governance" (Albrecht 2013;Levy 2014;World Bank 2017: 11-12). 6 However, these alternative approaches need to be fleshed out, mainstreamed, and operationalized.…”

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Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts

2017

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All rights reserved. This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of the World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

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Building on what works: local actors and service delivery in fragile situations

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From Guns to Roses: Understanding Community-Oriented Policing in Afghanistan

From Guns to Roses: Understanding Community-Oriented Policing in Afghanistan

Seeking justice, experiencing the state: criminal justice and real legal uncertainty in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts

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