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‘Promoting peace and democracy through security sector reform’, insights #79
Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2010
Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insights explores the concept of SSR as a coordinated, comprehensive approach to reforming the entire security system, to improve security governance and promote respect for human rights.
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The people shall govern: a research report on public participation in policy processes
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006
This research paper critically investigates some of South Africa’s post-apartheid policy-making processes, in order to assess the extent to which ordinary citizens have been empowered to understand policies and articulate their opinions, needs and aspirations in relation to these policies.