Research Catalog

Title

Reintegration of ex-combatants after conflict : participatory approaches in Sierra Leone and Liberia / Walt Kilroy, Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Author

Kilroy, Walt., 1962-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Details

Description

xii, 255 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Rethinking peace and conflict studies

Uniform Title

Rethinking peace and conflict studies

Subject

• Civil War (Liberia : 1999-2003)
• Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
• 1991 - 2003
• Veterans > Sierra Leone > Social conditions
• Veterans > Liberia > Social conditions
• Soldiers > Rehabilitation > Sierra Leone
• Soldiers > Rehabilitation > Liberia
• Armed Forces > Demobilization
• Peace
• Soldiers > Rehabilitation
• Veterans > Social conditions
• Sierra Leone > History > Peace. > Civil War, 1991-2002
• Liberia > History > Peace. > Civil War, 1999-2003
• Sierra Leone > Armed Forces > Demobilization
• Liberia > Armed Forces > Demobilization
• Liberia
• Sierra Leone

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Does It Matter How Ex-Combatants are Reintegrated After War? -- How DDR emerged -- Peacebuilding and DDR -- Participation -- Participation and DDR -- Social capital -- Conclusion -- ch. 2 The Context in Sierra Leone and Liberia -- Sierra Leone's experience -- Liberia's experience -- Starting point for the research -- Case selection -- Field work -- Qualitative data analysis: Focus groups -- Quantitative analysis: Survey -- ch. 3 Learning Your Fate: What Ex-Combatants Knew about the Reintegration Process -- Receiving information about DDR -- Accuracy -- Conclusions -- ch. 4 Having a Say in the Reintegration Process and Shared Decision-Making -- Being asked for an opinion -- Being heard -- Having an influence on decisions -- Making choices within DDR -- Suggested improvements -- Views of agencies and staff implementing DDR -- Conclusions -- ch. 5 The Effects of a More Participatory Approach: Quantitative Measures -- Operationalisation of concepts -- Disaggregation of data: Differences between countries -- Disaggregation of data: Urban-rural difference in Liberia -- Links between participatory indicators and programme outcomes -- Endogeneity -- Conclusions -- ch. 6 The Effects of a More Participatory Approach: Qualitative Measures -- School and education -- Stipends -- Training -- Corruption -- Livelihoods -- What elements were participatory? -- Conclusions -- ch. 7 Conclusion: Why Does a Participatory Approach Matter? -- Participation as a lens for analysing reintegration -- How participatory was reintegration? -- Effects of participation -- Social capital -- Is participation possible in DDR? -- Future research -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9781137428981
• 1137428988

LCCN

^^2015001002

OCLC

• 897785131
• SCSB-12174081

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library