The sentinel and the rebel. Multi-choice policing in Burundi and the state-centered approach of security sector reform

Biaumet, Gilles

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“…The peace process itself was a popular topic, including constitutional provisions and powersharing and controversies (Vandeginste, 2009(Vandeginste, , 2011, transitional justice (Ingelaere and Kohlhagen, 2012;Samii, 2013;Vandeginste, 2012), the role of outside actors (Campbell, 2018;Curtis, 2013;Wilén and Williams, 2018;Wodrig and Grauvogel, 2016), and popular perceptions (Uvin, 2009). A number of authors have researched questions of governance, land and rural issues (Berckmoes and White, 2014;Gaynor, 2014;Nyenyezi and Ansoms, 2014;Purdeková, 2017), gender (Daley, 2007;Martin de Almagro, 2016;Saiget, 2016), the security sector (Biaumet, 2017;Nindorera, 2011;Wilén, 2016), and former armed groups including the CNDD-FDD ruling party (Alfieri, 2016;Burihabwa, 2017;Burihabwa and Curtis, 2019;Rufyikiri, 2017;Van Acker, 2016;Wittig, 2016). The experiences of Burundi were also often analysed as part of larger comparative studies, particularly on topics such as consociational power-sharing and institutional conflict management (Cheeseman, 2011;Mehler, 2013) and mediation (Khadiagala, 2007;Sisk, 2008).…”

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What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

Curtis

2019

Africa Spectrum

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Political space in Burundi underwent a remarkable opening during the Burundian peace process and its immediate aftermath, which led to a rise in social science scholarship in Burundi. This space has increasingly narrowed, particularly since the crisis in 2015, presenting important challenges for social science scholars of Burundi. This changing political environment has consequences for the production of knowledge on Burundi. It is therefore timely to ask what purposes does research on Burundi serve. This article reflects upon different motivations and goals for social science research in Burundi and how these affect the types of research questions that are asked and the formats for knowledge dissemination. It argues that both the opening and closing of the Burundian political landscape bring into sharp relief the need for greater scholarly reflexivity. The article argues that in contexts of structural inequality and increased political control such as Burundi, we need to be particularly attentive to the need for scholarly responsibility and humility, as well as an awareness of the dynamics that have led to calls for the decolonisation of knowledge within the social sciences.

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What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

Curtis

2019

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Private security beyond private military and security companies: exploring diversity within private-public collaborations and its consequences for security governance

Bureš

Carrapiço

2016

Crime Law Soc Change

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The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking at how and why an increasing number of private actors beyond private military and/or security companies (PMSCs) have come to perform various security related functions. While PMSCs produce security for profit, most other private sector actors make profit by selling goods and services that were originally not connected with security in the traditional understanding of the term. However, due to the continuous introduction of new legal and technical regulations by public authorities, many non-security related private businesses nowadays have to perform at least some security functions. Little research, however, has been done thus far, both in terms of security practices of non-security related private businesses and their impact on security governance. This introduction explains how this special issue contributes to closing this glaring gap by 1) extending the conceptual and theoretical arguments in the existing body of literature; and 2) offering a range of original case studies on the specific roles of non-security related private companies of all sizes, areas of businesses, and geographic origin.

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Maritime security and transformations in global governance

Aarstad

2016

Crime Law Soc Change

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The sentinel and the rebel. Multi-choice policing in Burundi and the state-centered approach of security sector reform

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

Private security beyond private military and security companies: exploring diversity within private-public collaborations and its consequences for security governance

Maritime security and transformations in global governance

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