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Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

By: Sarah Meharg,Aleisha Arnusch,Susan Merrill

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Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

By: Sarah Meharg,Aleisha Arnusch,Susan Merrill

The authors explore the definition of Security sector reform (SSR) as it has emerged in the international community. The makeup of the security sector is examined, principles are identified for implementing SSR, and outcomes SSR is intended to produce are specified. Supporting case studies assess specific SSR programs. The authors conclude that those conducting SSR programs must understand and continually revisit the policy goals of SSR programs so as to develop concepts that support a transitional process that moves forward over time. State actors must acknowledge and often accommodate nonstate security actors more effectively in SSR planning and implementation, while recognizing both the advantages and the risks of collaborating with such actors. The authors also note the need for more flexible and better integrated funding processes. (Originally published by the Strategic Studies Institute.)

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1300051442

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Liberation Science: Putting Science to Work for Social and Environmental Justice

By: Steven H. Emerman,Marcia Bjørnerud,Jill S. Schneiderman,Sarah A. Levy

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Liberation Science: Putting Science to Work for Social and Environmental Justice

By: Steven H. Emerman,Marcia Bjørnerud,Jill S. Schneiderman,Sarah A. Levy

Liberation Science is the practice of using the knowledge and methods of science to solve the social and environmental problems faced by the poor. Liberation Science can address these problems because it has been freed from the flawed scientific paradigms that are linked to the flawed social paradigms of nationalism and capitalism. Three themes of Liberation Science are: 1) The definition of an ecosystem becomes both more expansive and more holistic to include humans, cultural practices, and the built environment, together with the possibility that an ecosystem could mimic the behavior of a single organism. 2) The logic and methods of science are made available to ordinary people, empowering them to understand the ecologies of their own communities. 3) Science becomes open to complementary philosophical approaches that draw upon cultural and spiritual traditions of particular regions or communities.

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1300437928

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Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

By: Sarah Jane Meharg

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Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

By: Sarah Jane Meharg

The international community has become increasingly interested in measuring the effectiveness of its activities in war-affected environments. This interest is partially motivated by a need to calculate the costs of these very expensive ventures and partially by the recognition that activities have not always been successful. While stakeholders are interested in measuring the effectiveness of their work in places like Afghanistan, they may be reticent to discover that their military, policing, and humanitarian activities are ineffectual or, worse, have had negative effects on recipient populations recovering from armed conflicts. Sarah Jane Meharg analyses why various mechanisms - results-based management, measures of effectiveness, log frames, essential task matrices - are used in attempts to reduce complex intervention activities to simple success stories. She argues that the stakeholders involved could benefit from a deeper understanding of the theories, concepts, philosophies, and assumptions of other stakeholders in the peace operations and crisis management environment. She suggests ways to achieve this understanding through the strategic exercise of measuring effectiveness in relation to organizational requirements and recipient population's priorities in post-conflict societies.Measuring What Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Managementprovides policy advice on stakeholder approaches and advances the thinking on measuring progress in general. Primary field research for this book was conducted by Canada's Pearson Peacekeeping Centre.

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Queen's Policy Studies/Pearson

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Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

By: Sarah Meharg,Aleisha Arnusch,Susan Merrill

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Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

Liberation Science: Putting Science to Work for Social and Environmental Justice

Liberation Science: Putting Science to Work for Social and Environmental Justice

Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

Measuring what Matters in Peace Operations and Crisis Management

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