Security sector reform in Liberia mixed results from humble beginnings
Malan, Mark
Security sector reform in Liberia mixed results from humble beginnings Mark Malan - Carlisle, PA Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College [2008] - xii, 89 p.
March 2008.
The author presents an explanatory overview and analysis of progress made with the process of security sector reform in Liberia -- with particular reference to the armed forces and the police. The author begins with a concise review of what the theory of SSR and its application in the Liberian context and follows with a description of Liberia's post-war security architecture and the urgent need for a comprehensive and sustained process of reform. An overview of the legal and conceptual framework for engaging in SSR in Liberia is provided as further backdrop to substantive sections dealing with the reform (or re-building) of the Armed Forces of Liberia and the Liberia National Police. The author concludes with a critical analysis of the SSR process and recommendations for further action.
9781584873457 1584873450
Liberia--national security
Liberia--armed forces--police--restructuring
Liberia--civil-military relations
security sector reform, SSR
Security sector reform in Liberia mixed results from humble beginnings Mark Malan - Carlisle, PA Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College [2008] - xii, 89 p.
March 2008.
The author presents an explanatory overview and analysis of progress made with the process of security sector reform in Liberia -- with particular reference to the armed forces and the police. The author begins with a concise review of what the theory of SSR and its application in the Liberian context and follows with a description of Liberia's post-war security architecture and the urgent need for a comprehensive and sustained process of reform. An overview of the legal and conceptual framework for engaging in SSR in Liberia is provided as further backdrop to substantive sections dealing with the reform (or re-building) of the Armed Forces of Liberia and the Liberia National Police. The author concludes with a critical analysis of the SSR process and recommendations for further action.
9781584873457 1584873450
Liberia--national security
Liberia--armed forces--police--restructuring
Liberia--civil-military relations
security sector reform, SSR