Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs
This article introduces the special issue on DDR and ‘Armed Non-Statutory Actors’ (ANSAs) which we prefer to the less precise label of Armed Non-State Actors. The understanding that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs are essential in helping to prevent the recurrence of war...
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| description | This article introduces the special issue on DDR and ‘Armed Non-Statutory Actors’ (ANSAs) which we prefer to the less precise label of Armed Non-State Actors. The understanding that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs are essential in helping to prevent the recurrence of war in post-conflict situations is at the heart of current peacebuilding practice and the academic literature on peacekeeping and stabilization. But the changing strategic context of DDR programs and in particular the proliferation of ANSAs presents new challenges, the responses to which have been characterized as ‘second generation’ DDR. The changing context poses new questions and forces us to rethink assumptions and templates of DDR as the concept is blurred and expanded. The question is if it makes sense to hold on to the concept or whether the assumptions associated with it will get in the way of rethinking templates for violence reduction in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cabe0a4ca0e4494fbb5de6da82f3a5c22022-12-21T17:30:43ZengCentre for Security GovernanceStability : International Journal of Security and Development2165-26272015-10-014110.5334/sta.go191Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ProgramsJairo Munive0Finn Stepputat1Danish Institute for International StudiesDanish Institute for International StudiesThis article introduces the special issue on DDR and ‘Armed Non-Statutory Actors’ (ANSAs) which we prefer to the less precise label of Armed Non-State Actors. The understanding that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs are essential in helping to prevent the recurrence of war in post-conflict situations is at the heart of current peacebuilding practice and the academic literature on peacekeeping and stabilization. But the changing strategic context of DDR programs and in particular the proliferation of ANSAs presents new challenges, the responses to which have been characterized as ‘second generation’ DDR. The changing context poses new questions and forces us to rethink assumptions and templates of DDR as the concept is blurred and expanded. The question is if it makes sense to hold on to the concept or whether the assumptions associated with it will get in the way of rethinking templates for violence reduction in the future.http://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/410Disarmament, Reintegration, Armed Non-State Actors, Violence Reduction |
| spellingShingle | Jairo Munive Finn Stepputat Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs Stability : International Journal of Security and Development Disarmament, Reintegration, Armed Non-State Actors, Violence Reduction |
| title | Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs |
| title_full | Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs |
| title_short | Rethinking Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programs |
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| topic | Disarmament, Reintegration, Armed Non-State Actors, Violence Reduction |
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