This book looks at the political reintegration of armed groups
after civil wars and the challenges of transforming 'rebel',
'insurgent' or other non-state armed groups into viable political
entities. Drawing on eight case studies, the definition of 'armed
groups' here ranges from militias, paramilitary forces, police
units of various kinds to intelligence outfits. Likewise, the
definition of 'political integration' or 're-integration' has not
been restricted to the formation of political parties, but is
understood broadly as active participation in politics,
policy-making or public debate through parties, newspapers, social
organisations, think-tanks, NGOs or public service. The book seeks
to locate or contextualise individual cases within their
distinctive social, cultural and historical settings. As such it
differs from much of the donor-driven literature that has tended to
abstract the challenge of disarmament, demobilisation and
reintegration (DDR) from their political and historical context,
focusing instead on technical or bureaucratic issues raised by the
DDR process. Among the issues covered by the volume as a whole,
three stand out: first, the role of political settlements in
creating legitimate opportunities for erstwhile leaders of armed
factions; second, the ability of reintegration programmes to create
genuine socio-economic opportunities that can absorb former
fighters as functional members of their communities; and third, the
processes involved in transforming an entire rebel movement into a
viable political party, movement or, more generally, allowing it to
participate in political life. This book will be of great interest
to students of security and development, peace and conflict
studies, and IR in general, as well as practitioners and
policymakers. Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and Development
in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. From
2000 to 2003 he was Director of Studies at the International
Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Mats Berdal is a
Visiting Professor at the National Defence and Command College,
Oslo. David Ucko is the Programme Coordinator & Research Fellow
for the Conflict, Security & Development Research Group, King's
College London.
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