Research Catalog

Title

Harnessing post-conflict transitions : a conceptual primer / Nicholas J. Armstrong, Jacqueline Chura-Beaver.

Author

Armstrong, Nicholas J.

Publication

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

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Additional Authors

• Chura-Beaver, Jacqueline.
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
• Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute.

Description

ix, 78 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

This monograph addresses the challenging topic of transition in post-conflict stability operations and is intended for a wide audience that includes military and civilian policymakers, international development experts, and scholars in academe. It is a primer, systematic review, and comprehensive assessment of the fields of research and practice. It presents and appraises the major lenses (process, authority transfer, phasing, and end state), categories (war-to-peace, power, societal, political-democratic, security, and economic), approaches, and tools under which post-conflict transitions are conceived. It lays the groundwork for both future research and greater collaboration among diverse international and local actors who operate in post-conflict environments, to develop a comprehensive definition of transition and adequate tools to address all facets of the concept. It provides recommendations for future research and improved transition policy, which include: cross-institutional (political, security, economic) and multi-level (local, regional, national) studies that explore the interdependencies between simultaneous transitions; underlying assumptions of current transition tools and indicators; relationships between transition and institutional resilience; and, thresholds and tipping points between transition phases. --

Series Statement

PKSOI papers

Uniform Title

PKSOI papers

Subject

• Nation-building
• Postwar reconstruction
• Interim governments
• Peace-building
• Civil-military relations
• Intergovernmental cooperation
• Armed Forces > Stability operations
• Reconstruction d'une nation
• Reconstruction d'après-guerre
• Gouvernements provisoires
• Consolidation de la paix
• Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire
• Coopération intergouvernementale
• Forces armées > Opérations de stabilisation
• Armed Forces > Stability operations
• Civil-military relations
• Intergovernmental cooperation
• Interim governments
• Nation-building
• Peace-building
• Postwar reconstruction
• peacebuilding

Note

• "September 2010."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-78).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

Contents

Introduction -- Defining "transition" in context -- Transition as process -- Transition as authority transfer -- Transition as phasing -- Transition as end state -- Using context to "define" transition -- Types of transition -- War-to-peace transitions -- Power transitions -- Societal transitions -- Political and democratic transitions -- Security transitions -- Economic transitions -- Crosscutting studies -- Approaches to transition -- Whole of government approach -- Mentoring and advising -- Comprehensive approach -- Counterinsurgency (COIN) approach -- Developmental transition -- Available tools for transition -- Measuring progress in conflict environments -- Post-conflict reconstruction essential task matrix -- Interagency conflict assessment framework -- The Sphere Project -- Tactical Conflict assessment framework -- United Nations transition strategy -- Joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational tools -- Findings and recommendations -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9781584874645
• 1584874643

LCCN

2010532401

OCLC

• ocn678571930
• 678571930
• SCSB-1591475

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library