Fragile States and Insecure People?: Violence, Security, and Statehood in the Twenty-First Century (Governance, Security and Development)

identify different kinds of institutions and arrangements for the provision of security • analyze relationships (of cooperation, conflict, or indifference) between different sets of security institutions and arrangements, including current attempts at reforming the security sector in so-called fragile states • scrutinize underlying assumptions and blind spots of these attempts, and • outline possible scenarios, political choices and the implications these choices may have. Looking at state-building projects in the colonial and postcolonial world they may be located somewhere between direct and indirect rule in regard Bibliography This Book Provides A Unique Account Of The Pursuit Of Security At The Edge Of Global Order. It Sheds Light On Reform Of State Police And Armed Forces, And Analyzes The Alternative Security Structures That Emerge In The Absence Of The State. In Contrast To Other Volumes On State Failure, This Book Remains Open-minded As To Which Model For Security Is Better. It Thus Challenges The Current State-building Model And The Idea Of The Central State As The Only Legitimate Provider Of Security.--jacket. Introduction : Security Arrangements In Fragile States / Finn Stepputat, Louise Andersen, And Bjørn Møller -- What To Do? The Dilemmas Of International Engagement In Fragile States / Louise Andersen -- The Organization Of Violence : A Historical Overview / Martin Van Creveld -- Local Security Systems In Somali East Africa / Ken Menkhaus -- Protectors And Predators : Why Is There A Difference Among West African Militias? / William Reno -- Non-state Providers Of Everyday Security In Fragile African States / Bruce Baker -- Security Sector Reform In Afghanistan : An Instrument Of The State-building Project / Mark Sedra -- Integration Of Former Enemies Into National Armies In Fragile African States / Bjørn Møller And Gavin Cawthra -- Insecurity, State And Impunity In Latin America / Finn Stepputat -- Conclusion : Towards A Multilayered Approach To Security / Eric Sheye And Louise Andersen. Edited By Louise Andersen, Bjørn Møller, And Finn Stepputat. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Part I: State Fragility and Security......Page 12 1 Introduction: Security Arrangements in Fragile States......Page 14 2 What to Do? The Dilemmas of International Engagement in Fragile States......Page 32 Part II: Security Beyond the State......Page 56 3 The Organization of Violence: A Historical Overview......Page 58 4 Local Security Systems in Somali East Africa......Page 78 5 Protectors and Predators: Why Is There a Difference among West African Militias?......Page 110 6 Nonstate Providers of Everyday Security in Fragile African States......Page 134 Part III: Reforming Security Forces......Page 160 7 Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: An Instrument of the State-Building Project......Page 162 8 Integration of Former Enemies into National Armies in Fragile African States......Page 188 9 Insecurity, State, and Impunity in Latin America......Page 212 Part IV: Policy Implications......Page 236 10 Conclusion: Toward a Multilayered Approach to Security......Page 238 About the Contributors......Page 258 A......Page 262 C......Page 263 D......Page 264 H......Page 265 L......Page 266 N......Page 267 R......Page 268 S......Page 269 U......Page 270 Z......Page 271 When states collapse, human and global security are threatened. Order and stability must somehow be restored. This book provides a unique account of the pursuit of security at the edge of the global order. It sheds light on reform of state police and armed forces, and analyses the alternative security structures that emerge in the absence of the state. In contrast to other volumes on state failure, this book remains open-minded as to which 'model' for security is better. It thus challenges the current state-building model and the idea of the central state as the only legitimate provider of security This book provides a unique account of the pursuit of security at the edge of the global order. It sheds light on reform of state police and armed forces, and analyses the alternative security structures that emerge in the absence of the state. This book remains open-minded as to which 'model' for security is better. This book provides a unique account of the pursuit of security at the edge of the global order. It sheds light on reform of state police and armed forces, and analyzes the alternative security structures that emerge in the absence of the state