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This paper seeks to understand the nature and determinants of the livelihood outcomes of former insurgents in Aceh, Indonesia. In August 2005, the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding... more
La Guerra Civil Española ha constituido, como no podía haber sido de otra manera, uno de los ejes sobre los que se ha estructurado la historia contemporánea de España. Acerca de este acontecimiento histórico se han elaborado una multitud... more
A retrospective overview of successive DDR processes in Burundi, an impact assessment of program outcomes, and a strategic analysis of institutional partnerships. Commissioned by and submitted to the Disarmament, Demobilization and... more
Economic rehabilitation of ex-combatants, which plays a salient role in transforming ex-combatants into civilians, is a highly context-specific transformative process often taking place in post-conflict peace building. Its... more
[AMAZON LINK BELOW TO BOOK ITSELF -- TOC and book summary in downloadable .pdf] According to the poet Elias Canetti, "All the things one has forgotten / scream for help in dreams." To the ancient Egyptians they were prophecies, and... more
Colombian President Santos's government and the leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, have led three years of peace negotiations to end the half-century long internal conflict. Not surprisingly, " peace " and its significance have emerged as... more
Reseña de Leira Castiñeira, Francisco J., La consolidación social del franquismo. La influencia de la guerra en los “soldados de Franco”, Santiago de Compostela, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2013, 166 pp.
Two cities. Two people of color fatally shot by those charged with security and law enforcement. Two communities torn apart across racial lines. One city reacts conventionally with criminal charges and court proceedings. The other... more
У посібнику узагальнено досвід проведення тренінгів із посилення спроможності фахівців соціальної сфери, які надають психосоціальну підтримку ветеранам АТО та членам їхніх родин, а також з покращення реінтеграції колишніх військових у... more
Phronetic organizational research is an approach to the study of management and organizations focusing on ethics and power. It is based on a contemporary interpretation of the Aristotelian concept phronesis, usually as ‘prudence’.... more
Policy briefing report prepared for the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section, DPO/OROLSI, United Nations Department of Peace Operations. July 2020.
After more than 50 years of internal conflict, Colombia hosts simultaneous conflict, transition, and postconflict conditions. Within this milieu, the government-sponsored Colombian Agency for Reintegration of Armed Persons and Groups... more
Até então a participação de combatentes brasileiros judeus durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial fora pouco conhecida. Mesmo os que se tornaram heróis, agraciados com medalhas como a Silver Star do Exército Americano e a Cruz de Combate de 1a.... more
This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and... more
Renamo’s recent upsurge against the Mozambican Frelimo-led government after 22 years of relative stability has challenged the country’s often celebrated disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process (1992–1994). Drawing on... more
This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the... more
Demobilized combatants are generally portrayed as threat to security in post-conflict countries. In this article, I assess how much ex-combatants actually contribute to violence in the case of demobilized paramilitaries and guerrilla... more
An Essay describing a theory of Moral Injury and PTSD which manifests in behavioral and cognitive effects after experiencing combat. Moreover, I describe the differences between these conditions, and argue that changing a philosophical... more
Political engagement for ex-combatants is essential for their reintegration (reincorporation) process, especially if they were in a politically-motivated armed group. This dissertation studies the political reincorporation process (part... more
Nepal’s peace process can lay some claim to success by existing standards because the Maoist armed conflict has come to a closure after the completion of integration of ex-combatants. But it still has flaws in its warp and woof that are... more
The aim of this article is to analyze the society's experiences of hunger in Postwar Spain and, in particular, to demonstrate that it constituted a common experience for the entire population, including some of the Franco's regime... more
The term ‘phronetic social science’ was coined in Making Social Science Matter (Flyvbjerg 2001). However, as pointed out in that volume and by Schram (2006), phronetic social science existed well before this particular articulation of the... more
Ex-combatant reintegration programmes are buttressed by a number of problematic assumptions about ex-combatants themselves; namely, that ex-combatants should not receive long-term support because such assistance would amplify the threat... more
This article takes into consideration the presence of transnational mercenaries in the conflicts around the world and the national security implications of their returning to home countries. Many European states are nowadays worried... more
There is ferment in the social sciences. After years of sustained effort to build a science of society modelled on the natural sciences, that project, long treated with suspicion by some, is now openly being rethought. A critical... more
Violent conflicts have to do with political divisions, insecurity and uncertainty. It is a social context that warrants mistrust first. Misjudgements of security situations and misplaced trust can have fatal outcomes. The judgment of whom... more
The rise of land deals poses unpredictable risks to war-torn societies, exposing them to the violent folds of the global economy. In Sierra Leone, commercial land leases have perpetuated the chieftaincy monopoly, further curtailed social... more
This article aims to contribute to the debate about the recent remobilisation of Resistência Nacional Moçambicano (Renamo), by presenting an analysis of its low- and mid-ranked veterans' post-war relationships with fellow veterans and... more
В статье анализируется репрезентация нонкомбатантов в украинской литературе в контексте формирования канона о войне в Донбассе. Исследовательский вопрос посвящен литературным практикам реконструкции опыта переселенцев и оставшихся в зоне... more
Victimhood has become central to the field of transitional justice, leading to rather simplified ideas about and rigid distinctions between victims and perpetrators. Female ex-combatants tend to be regarded in stereotypical ways, either... more
El Apostadero Naval Malvinas, la primera unidad naval creada en el archipiélago el 2 de abril de 1982, operó como un centro logístico durante el Conflicto del Atlántico Sur. Este libro reconstruye la historia del grupo Apostadero Naval... more