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 …

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces
and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society …

Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-
scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to …

This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized
violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do …

Security sector reform (SSR) is a concept that is highly visible within policy and practice
circles and that increasingly shapes international programmes for development assistance …

This rapid review provides a short synthesis of the literature on conflict and peace in Liberia.
It aims to orient policymakers to the key debates and emerging issues. It was prepared for …

In disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes, return to home
communities is a normative given, around which reinsertion and reintegration support is …

Abstract Bjarnesen, J. 2013. Diaspora at Home? Wartime Mobilities in the Burkina Faso-
Côte d'Ivoire Transnational Space. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Uppsala Studies in …

How states raise revenue is critical to understanding how they govern. Orthodox analyses of
the state, however, have tended to focus only on formal taxation, formal budgets, and formal …

Abstract Security Sector Reform (SSR) programmes have not sufficiently acknowledged the
fact that in Africa, security governance is based on a complex amalgam of statutory and non …