From Soldiers to Citizens: Demilitarization of Conflict and SocietyRoutledge, 2016 M04 22 - 208 pages Demilitarization of conflict and society is crucial to building sustainable peace in countries emerging from the scourge of civil war. As longstanding conflicts come to an end, processes which facilitate the potentially volatile transition from formal peace to social peace are critically important. At the heart of the exercise is the necessity of transforming the culture and the instruments of war - demilitarization - including disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating (DDR) former combatants into society. This volume represents the first in-depth and comprehensive discussion of reintegration of former combatants in war to peace transitions. In addition to a systematic reflection and review of existing literature on DDR, the authors devised and applied a field research methodology to studying the reintegration of former combatants in Angola with potentially significant implications on the design and implementation of DDR programmes. The volume is written for academics, students and practitioners focusing on war to peace transitions and post-conflict issues. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Demilitarization DDR and War to Peace Transitions | 7 |
2 Demilitarization in the Angolan Context | 33 |
The Local Context | 49 |
Economic Social and Political Dimensions of Reintegration | 75 |
Variables Trends Correlations | 109 |
Reconceptualizing Reintegration | 137 |
Maps | 159 |
Survey Questionnaire | 163 |
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