Research in Security Sector Reform Policy The Case of Sierra Leone /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Varisco, Andrea Edoardo (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Africa-Politics and government.; Politics and war.; African Politics.; Military and Defence Studies.

 This book investigates the extent to which research has influenced and interacted with SSR policies, programmes and activities implemented by the UK in conflict-affected Sierra Leone. Varisco uses concepts and notions from the literature on the policy process and research utilisation to explore the ways in which research has influenced UK-led SSR policy. Here, the author analyses the evolution of the network of policy-makers, street-level bureaucrats, and researchers working on SSR in Sierra Leone, and argues that two main variables - an increased stability in the country and a progressive evolution of SSR in policy and research - contributed to the expansion of the policy network over time and to a better use of research by street-level bureaucrats on the ground. This title derives from the Sierra Leone case study a series of recommendations to improve the use of research by international organisations and bilateral donors working in fragile states. 

 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Policy networks and research utilisation into policy.- Chapter 3: (Re)building fragile, conflict-affected states: a three-phase evolution in policy and research --  Chapter 4: Security sector reform and research: an international policy network.- Chapter 5: The influence of research on British-led SSR policy in Sierra Leone: the conflict period, 1996-2002.- Chapter 6:    The influence of research on British-led SSR policy in conflict-affected Sierra Leone: post-conflict period (2002-2013).- Chapter 7:     Research influence on policy: when, why, and how?.- Chapter 8: Conclusions and recommendations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     .