The Interplay Between Security And Legitimacy: Security Sector Reform And State-Building

Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance

“…Indeed this very point is what makes SSR distinct from other types of security assistance or capacity development -SSR always aspires to improve both accountability and effectiveness. Reform that privileges one aspect in favour of the other would thus be inconsistent with the SSR concept (Chappuis and Hänggi 2009).…”