Governance in Post-Conflict and Transitional Contexts

Catalog description

One of the most pressing current global security policy issues involves understanding and implementing strategies, mechanisms and processes to address post-conflict and transitional contexts. How do societies create and manage representational governance after the fall of authoritarian regimes? How can institutions be rebuilt and reconstituted? How can a social order address the justice demands of victims of brutal political violence whose suffering was often a key element of prior systems of rule? Provides a critical introduction to the field of post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice. Reviews the tense and uncertain nature of post-conflict environments and their challenges, engages the security questions raised by peacekeeping and stability operations. Also considers the difficulties of governance and reconstruction in the aftermath of conflict.