| ID | 124439 |
| Title Proper | Introduction to the DDR forum |
| Other Title Information | rethinking the reintegration of former combatants |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Berdal, Mats ; Ucko, David H |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Over the past two decades, international efforts to support the socio-economic adjustment of ex-combatants to the uncertain and often messy realities of postwar situations, have presented donor countries, NGOs and international organizations with complex, often formidable, institutional and logistical challenges. Many of these have been exhaustively and often expertly covered in the still burgeoning literature on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR). While they continue to merit scholarly and policy attention, the underlying focus of this special issue of International Peacekeeping is less on what we in the past have referred to as the mechanics of DDR - that is, how best to plan, organize, coordinate and fund DDR activities - than on the context and politics of reintegrating ex-combatants following protracted periods of armed conflict and civil war. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Peacekeeping Vol.20, No.3; 2013: p.316-320 |
| Journal Source | International Peacekeeping Vol.20, No.3; 2013: p.316-320 |
| Key Words | War ; Armed Conflicts ; Socio-Economic Adjustment ; International Peacekeeping ; International Efforts ; NGOs ; DDR Forum ; Social Reform ; Civil War ; Ethnic Violence ; Politics ; History |