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Harnessing post-conflict transitions : a conceptual primer / Nicholas J. Armstrong, Jacqueline Chura-Beaver.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Nicholas J.
- Series:
- PKSOI papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--Stability operations.
- United States.
- Nation-building.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- Interim governments.
- Political stability.
- Peace-building.
- Civil-military relations.
- Intergovernmental cooperation.
- Armed Forces--Stability operations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 78 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle, PA : [Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute], Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]
- Summary:
- This monograph addresses the challenging topic of transition in post-conflict stability operations and is intended for a wide audience that includes military and civilian policymakers, international development experts, and scholars in academe. It is a primer, systematic review, and comprehensive assessment of the fields of research and practice. It presents and appraises the major lenses (process, authority transfer, phasing, and end state), categories (war-to-peace, power, societal, political-democratic, security, and economic), approaches, and tools under which post-conflict transitions are conceived. It lays the groundwork for both future research and greater collaboration among diverse international and local actors who operate in post-conflict environments, to develop a comprehensive definition of transition and adequate tools to address all facets of the concept. It provides recommendations for future research and improved transition policy, which include: cross-institutional (political, security, economic) and multi-level (local, regional, national) studies that explore the interdependencies between simultaneous transitions; underlying assumptions of current transition tools and indicators; relationships between transition and institutional resilience; and, thresholds and tipping points between transition phases. -- Excerpted from Summary, p. vii-ix.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Defining "transition" in context
- Transition as process
- Transition as authority transfer
- Transition as phasing
- Transition as end state
- Using context to "define" transition
- Types of transition
- War-to-peace transitions
- Power transitions
- Societal transitions
- Political and democratic transitions
- Security transitions
- Economic transitions
- Crosscutting studies
- Approaches to transition
- Whole of government approach
- Mentoring and advising
- Comprehensive approach
- Counterinsurgency (COIN) approach
- Developmental transition
- Available tools for transition
- Measuring progress in conflict environments
- Post-conflict reconstruction essential task matrix
- Interagency conflict assessment framework
- The Sphere Project
- Tactical Conflict assessment framework
- United Nations transition strategy
- Joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational tools
- Findings and recommendations
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (viewed Jan. 13, 2011).
- "September 2010."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-78).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Armstrong, Nicholas J. Harnessing post-conflict transitions.
- ISBN:
- 1584874643
- 9781584874645
- OCLC:
- 696641899
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