Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa

Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa
Title Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa PDF eBook
Author Alan Bryden
Publisher Lit Verlag
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Africa, West
ISBN 9783825886813

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There is currently no comprehensive study of the status of security sector governance in West Africa. Many efforts to understand governance of the security sector in Africa have been directed either at individual countries or at providing a general analysis of the state and security in Africa. This book is intended to contribute to confidence and peace-building through developing a better understanding of the challenges of security sector governance and generating practical policy recommendations based on work conducted by West African experts. It analyses the nature of security sector governance in each of the 16 West African states, provides an assessment of the effectiveness of governance mechanisms, in particular relating to democratic oversight of the security sector, and takes into account the regional and international dimensions to the issue.

Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance

Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance
Title Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance PDF eBook
Author Alan Bryden
Publisher Ubiquity Press
Pages 184
Release 2015-11-05
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1909188689

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Many efforts have been undertaken to address dysfunctional security sector governance in West Africa. However, security sector reform (SSR) has fallen short of radical – transformational – change to the fundamental structures of power and governance in the region. Looking more closely at specific examples of SSR in six West African countries, Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance explores both progress and reversals in efforts by national stakeholders and their international partners to positively influence security sector governance dynamics. Written by eminent national experts based on their personal experiences of these reform contexts, this study offers new insights and practical lessons that should inform processes to improve democratic security sector governance in West Africa and beyond.

The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa

The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa
Title The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa PDF eBook
Author Alexandre Marc
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 215
Release 2015-06-19
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1464804656

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Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten to undermine some of the progress achieved in recent years. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa critically examines the key drivers of conflict and violence, and the way in which they impact the countries of the sub-region. In addition to emerging threats, these drivers include the challenges of youth inclusion, migration, sub-regional imbalances, and extractives, as well as challenges related to the fragility of political institutions and managing the competition for power, reform of the security sector, and weakness of institutions related to land management. The book explores how the sub-region, under the auspices of the regional organization ECOWAS, has become a pioneer on the continent in terms of addressing regional challenges. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa also identifies key lessons in the dynamics of resilience in the face of political violence and civil war drawn from CÃ ́te d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, that can be useful for countries around the world in similar situations. It incorporates knowledge and findings from leading experts and provides insights from academics and development practitioners. Finally, the book identifies possible policy and programmatic responses and directions for policy dialogue at the national and international levels.

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector
Title Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector PDF eBook
Author Philipp Fluri
Publisher DCAF
Pages 209
Release 2003
Genre Legislative oversight
ISBN 8683543102

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The United Nations and Security Sector Reform

The United Nations and Security Sector Reform
Title The United Nations and Security Sector Reform PDF eBook
Author Adedeji Ebo
Publisher LIT Verlag Münster
Pages 392
Release 2020
Genre Political Science
ISBN 3643803117

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Multilateral organizations - the United Nations (UN) in particular - have played, and continue to play, an important role in shaping the security sector reform (SSR) agenda, both in terms of policy development and the provision of support to a wide range of national SSR processes. This volume presents a variety of perspectives on UN support to SSR, past and present, with attention to policy and operational practice. Drawing from the experience of UN practitioners combined with external experts on SSR, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of the UN approach to SSR from a global perspective.

Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa

Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa
Title Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa PDF eBook
Author Alan Bryden
Publisher LIT Verlag Münster
Pages 294
Release 2011
Genre History
ISBN 3643801092

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Experience shows that successful democratic transitions need to be underpinned by a security sector that is effective, well managed, and accountable to the state and its citizens. This is why it is so important to carefully examine security sector governance dynamics in contexts where security has often remained a 'reserved domain.' Understanding the issues and perspectives that divide political elites, the security sector, and citizens is the only way to develop security sector reform programs that are legitimate and sustainable at the national level. Through drawing on the close contextual knowledge of practitioners, researchers, and diverse local actors, this book supports this goal by analyzing security sector governance dynamics in each of the nine Francophone countries within West Africa. From this basis, strengths and weaknesses are analyzed, local capacities evaluated, and entry points identified to promote democratic security sector governance in the West African region. (Series: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces [DCAF])

Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector

Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector
Title Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector PDF eBook
Author Alan Bryden
Publisher LIT Verlag Münster
Pages 300
Release 2004
Genre Armed forces reorganisation
ISBN 9783825877705

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"Security sector reform (SSR) is widely recognised as key to conflict prevention, peace-building, sustainable development and democratisation. SSR has gained most practical relevance in the context of post-conflict reconstruction of so-called failed states' and states emerging from violent internal or inter-state conflict. As this volume shows, almost all states need to reform their security sectors to a greater or lesser extent, according to the specific security, political and socio-economic contexts, as well as in response to the new security challenges resulting from globalisation and post-9/11 developments. Contributions from academics and practitioners elaborate on both the conceptual underpinnings and the practical realities of security sector reform and - a crucial aspect of post-conflict peace-building - security sector reconstruction. "