TY - BOOK ID - 16005440 TI - Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in Southern Africa : Swords into Ploughshares? PY - 2017 SN - 3319605496 3319605488 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Peace-building KW - Building peace KW - Peacebuilding KW - Conflict management KW - Peace KW - Peacekeeping forces KW - Africa-Politics and government. KW - Peace. KW - African Politics. KW - Conflict Studies. KW - Coexistence, Peaceful KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - International relations KW - Disarmament KW - Security, International KW - War KW - Africa—Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16005440 AB - This book is a critical comparative reflection of the post-colonial conflict Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. It offers an up-to-date comparative analysis of how specific analytical elements that transcend state boundaries shaped DDR in the three southern African countries. The author explores structural and organizational frameworks, target groups, state leadership in DDR, linkages between DDR and SSR in nation and state building, and types of post-conflict violence. The volume draws on fieldwork including interviews with policy makers and government officials as well as ex-combatants and experts to provide valuable insights into how post-colonial conflict DDR can provide knowledge crucial to understanding and addressing the problems of post-conflict peace building in Africa. The book is aimed at academics, researchers and students working on Southern Africa; African and Western policymakers concerned with problematic post-conflict situations on the continent, where improvising DDR processes will be vital to success; as well as the general reader interested in political, security and other developments in the region. It will be of use in postgraduate courses in the inter-related fields of international relations, comparative government, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. . ER -