1st Edition

Violence in Post-Conflict Societies Remarginalization, Remobilizers and Relationships

By Anders Themnér Copyright 2011
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do not. Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source of insecurity, there have been few efforts to systematically examine why some ex-combatants re-engage in organized violence, while others do... Read more

1. Introduction: Once a Soldier, Always a Soldier?  2. Remarginalisation, Remobilisers and Relationships: Analytical Framework  3. Cases, Concepts and Questions: Research Design  4. The Republic of Congo  5. Sierra Leone  6. Probing the Cases: Comparative Analysis  7. Wrapping it All Up: Conclusions

Biography

Anders Themnér is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute. He has previously published under the name R. Anders Nilsson.