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dc.contributor.authorKodmani, Bassmaen
dc.contributor.authorChartouni?Dubarry, Mayen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-27T14:06:21Z
dc.date.available2016-01-27T14:06:21Z
dc.date.issued01/03/2009en
dc.identifier.citationKodmani, B. and Chartouni?Dubarry, M. (2009) The Security Sector in Arab Countries: Can it be Reformed?. IDS Bulletin 40(2): 96-104en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/8127
dc.description.abstractThere is a burgeoning debate on security sector reform (SSR) in the Arab region. Experiences elsewhere suggest that patterns vary widely, from the violent dismantling or collapse of political systems to negotiated processes where security forces yield their prerogatives peacefully. In the Middle East, the process is nascent, largely donor?driven and in most cases is occurring in post?conflict situations. However, a few examples still at an embryonic stage suggest that SSR is starting to be debated as part of the push for democratic change by social and political actors shaping a home?grown reform agenda. The pace of progress is bound to be slow and painful, given the resilience of the current authoritarian regimes and their security establishments. It is therefore more appropriate to speak of gradual reform rather than transformation of the security sector. The article argues that the most effective way to promote reform is by embedding it in the larger struggle for democratic change that civil and political society is pushing for.en
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 40 Nos. 2en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.titleThe Security Sector in Arab Countries: Can it be Reformed?en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00028.xen


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