This article asks whether the concept of 'hybridity'offers a more convincing account of
security governance in Africa than the standard state-focused models. It seeks to clarify the …

Security sector reform (SSR) has become a commonly used tool for international
approaches to insecure countries. Despite its frequent deployment as a key element of …

Jan Beek's book explores everyday police work in an African country and analyses how
police officers, despite prevailing stereotypes about failed states and African police, produce …

The juncture of human rights and policing is a relatively recent field of scholarship. It tends to
explain the relationship between policing and human rights as one of exigency and …

This book examines the evolution, impact, and future prospects of the Security Sector
Reform (SSR) model in conflict-affected countries in the context of the wider debate over the …

The introductory essay offers a brief overview of current trends in critical globalization
studies and international relations scholarship that shed light on three intersections …

The poor performance of conventional security sector reform (SSR) programming, especially
in fragile and conflict-affected states, has led to growing calls for the development of a new …

In this article we propose two alternative yet interrelated definitions of security, which jointly
encapsulate its dual and contested nature. These definitions were constructed to guide a …

During the inception period of the JSRP, members of the consortium undertook a series of
systematic reviews of the literature on key topics of concern to the programme. This paper is …

'We demand real transformation now. Transformation that will hold law enforcement
accountable for the violence they inflict, transformation of this racist system that breeds …