Governing Insecurity: Democratic Control of Military and Security Establishments in Transitional Democracies

by Gavin Cawthra (Editor), Anne Marie Goetz (Editor), Robin Luckham (Editor)

Overview

The authors of this volume explore the challenges of establishing democratic accountability and control over the military and other security establishments in countries which have either been the victims of authoritarian military rule or wracked by violent internal conflict.

The book examines both successful democratic transitions and failed ones. A wide range of cases is covered, including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Turkey.

The possible role of regional interventions and institutions, notably in West Africa and the Balkans, is also examined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781842771495
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/01/2003
Series:	Transitions to Democracy , #1
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Gavin Cawthra is Professor of Defence and Security Management at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published extensively, including Policing South Africa (1994) and Securing South Africa's Democracy (1997).

Robin Luckham is a Research Associate at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. His publications include The Nigerian Military: a Sociological Analysis of Authority and Revolt 1960–67 (1971).
Gavin Cawthra is Professor of Defence and Security Management at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published extensively, including Policing South Africa (1994) and Securing South Africa's Democracy (1997).

Robin Luckham is a Research Associate at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. His publications include The Nigerian Military: a Sociological Analysis of Authority and Revolt 1960–67 (1971).

Table of Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Democratic Strategies for Security in Transition and Conflict - Robin Luckham

PART 2: DEMOCRATIC CONTROL AND SECURITY SECTOR TRANSFORMATION IN TRANSITIONAL DEMOCRACIES

2. Security Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Gavin Cawthra

3. Nigeria: Options For Civil-Military Relations in a Democratizing Polity - J. Kayode Fayemi

4. Pulling Back from the Brink: Ghana's Experience- Eboe Hutchful

5. Between Autonomy and Subordination: Government-Military Relations in Post-Authoritarian Chile - Patricio Silva

6. Political Armies, Security Forces and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America - Kees Koonings

PART 3: DEMOCRATIC CONTROL AND SECURITY SECTOR TRANSFORMATION IN CONFLICT-TORN SOCIETIES

7. Democratization and its Enemies: The Algerian Transition to Authoritarianism, 1988-2001 - Frederic Volpi

8. The Security Establishment in Sri Lanka: A Case for Reform - Jagath P. Senaratne

9. Security Structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mary Kaldor

10. Sierra Leone: The Legacies of Authoritarianism and Political Violence - Comfort Ero

11. A Failing State: The Democratic Republic of Congo - Roger Kibasomba

12. In Whose Interest is Security Sector Reform? Lessons from the Balkans - Susan L. Woodward

PART 4: CONCLUSION

13. Democratic Control and the Security Sector: The Scope for Transformation and Its Limits - Gavin Cawthra and Robin Luckham

Index