Security Sector Reform, Statebuilding and Local Ownership: Securing the State or its People?

Gordon, Eleanor

doi:10.1080/17502977.2014.930219

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“…Although often associated with the provision of technical 'expertise' and 'advice' regarding reforms to armed forces, law enforcement and penal institutions, SSR, like other aspects of liberal governance, has come to take on a much broader meaning (Bossong 2013;Gordon 2014). The 'security sector' is now deemed to encompass more than those state apparatuses 'authorised to use force' and ostensibly includes a wide range of activities linked to the state as well as private and 'civil society' sectors (Sedra 2006, 325).…”

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Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings

Mullin

Patel

2015

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

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This article focuses on under-discussed external dimensions of the 2010-11 North African uprisings. In particular, it considers European Union liberal governancein the form of economic 'aid', and 'technical' and transitional 'assistance'-as both a form of intervention and a juridical-institutional force that has informed post-uprising states' development. This article also considers ways in which the EU's role in a broader security regime, consolidated in the post-9/11 period, overlaps with and reinforces the liberal-governance imperatives of 'stability' and 'development'. It concludes by briefly assessing forms of resistance to liberal governance that have emerged in Egypt and Tunisia.

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Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings

Mullin

Patel

2015

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

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“…As nations emerge from the control of repressive regimes, wars, and ethnic conflict, the need for effective security, justice, and rule of law reform is critical for their stabilization and quest for human development. Debates regarding such reforms have problematized the state‐centric approach taken by many international development agencies, which seek to transplant justice systems from one context to another (Andersen, ; Desai, Isser, & Woolcock, ; Gordon ; Hamoudi, ; Kyed ; Porter, Isser, & Berg, ). They contend that rule of law reform requires “an understanding of justice and security provision, and by extension social ordering, as deeply political phenomena, being both the product of broader power relations as well as part of (re)producing such relations” (Kyed, , p. 3).…”

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“…In 2017, food security, according to the World Food Programme (2017), "Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world: more than half of its total population is chronically undernourished and 22% of children are chronically malnourished." For additional discussion on security-development nexus and international presence in Haiti see Andreas et al (2013), Gordon (2014), Baranyi (2011Baranyi ( , 2019, Donais (2015), Donais and Burt (2015), Donais and Knorr (2013), and McCandless and Abu-Nimer (2011). of the justice system in Haiti.…”

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“…Likewise, Shamsie () highlighted how, after the Haiti earthquake in January 12, 2010, international donors’ security and development nexus approach overshadowed investment in the country's agricultural sector. In 2017, food security, according to the World Food Programme (), “Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world: more than half of its total population is chronically undernourished and 22% of children are chronically malnourished.” For additional discussion on security‐development nexus and international presence in Haiti see Andreas et al (2013), Gordon (), Baranyi (), Donais (), Donais and Burt (), Donais and Knorr (), and McCandless and Abu‐Nimer ().…”

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Justice and rule of law failure in Haiti: A view from the Shanties

Marcelin

Cela

2019

Journal Community Psychology

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Since 1995, significant investments have been made in justice reform initiatives in Haiti. The results, however, have been meager. Drawing upon data from a longitudinal study conducted in Cité Soleil between 2008 and 2011, this article illuminates the short‐sightedness of top‐down reforms that fail to meet the demands of the population, leaving them to fend for themselves. In the absence of a viable justice system Cité Soleil residents have resorted to alternative, and at times pathological, measures to exact some level of “justice”. In this article, we contend that an empirically grounded base of knowledge of the demand side of justice and the promotion of trust‐building strategies that engage the active participation of citizens in the country are necessary to enact and sustain justice and rule of law reform. Such an approach will create a venue to channel civil society's demands, build political will and facilitate coordination between stakeholders and Haitian society for self‐sustained rule of law institutions and long‐term peace building in Haiti.

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“…State-authorized security actors and law enforcement, such as the police or gendarmerie, often serve a narrow portion of the population (Gordon 2014). Recent political economy research provides evidence of the role security arrangements and institutions play in maintaining structural privilege or suppression of certain groups (Price 2016;Van Veen 2015;Luckham and Kirk 2013).…”

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Reimagining SSR in Contexts of Security Pluralism

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2017

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Within the repertoire of international stabilization interventions, security sector reform (SSR) and other conventional efforts to strengthen security and governance institutions remain central. There is increasing recognition that the policies and practices operating under the rubric of SSR are blind to the empirical reality of security pluralism in most stabilization contexts. In these contexts, both security providers directly authorized by the state (police, army) and a multitude of other coercive actors engage in producing and reproducing order, and enjoy varying degrees of public authority and legitimacy. Recognizing this, research was undertaken in three cities (Beirut, Nairobi, and Tunis) to discern the conditions enabling various security providers to forge constructive relations with local populations and governance actors. Drawing on insights generated by these case studies, this article problematizes conventional state-centric approaches and argues for a bold reimagining of SSR. It makes the case for an SSR approach that prioritizes promoting the accountability and responsiveness of all security providers, integrating efforts to strengthen the social determinants of security, and enabling a phased transition from relational to rules-based systems of security provision and governance.

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Security Sector Reform, Statebuilding and Local Ownership: Securing the State or its People?

Abstract: It is widely acknowledged that while local ownership is

Cited by 44 publications

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Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings

Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings

Justice and rule of law failure in Haiti: A view from the Shanties

Reimagining SSR in Contexts of Security Pluralism

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