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Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security Co-Operation amongst Developing Countries [part of the Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa study]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This paper examines some of the conceptual issues related to the rise of regional inter-state co-operation, looking in particular, at security and defence co-operation. It presents the different options for co-operation and then examines more...
Keywords:
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Security;
Cooperation;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Democratic Control and the Security Sector: The Scope for Transformation and its Limits [Chapter in Cawthra, G. & Luckham, R. Governing Insecurity]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
Robin Luckham;
This chapter reassures the argument that democratisation is a long-term process and that it does not end with the formal transition to an elected government, and it may be derailed or reversed, especially in conditions of national more...
Keywords:
Armed Conflict;
Civilian Control;
Consolidating Democracies;
Contested States;
Failed States;
Governance;
Collective Security;
Militia;
Security Sector Reform;
Guns or Butter? Growth, Development and Security
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This chapter examines the dilemmas involved in redirecting scarce resources from high defence expenditure to social development in the context of demilitarisation. It uses the case of South Africa to argue that a degree of stability more...
Keywords:
Defence Budgeting;
Development;
Human Security;
Military Expenditure;
Countries:
South Africa ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Internal Security in Mozambique and South Africa
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
Martinho Chachiua;
The nature of internal insecurity in Mozambique and South Africa has changed from being primarily political to being primarily criminal. This is typical of states in democratic transition, where the old forms of authoritarian policing more...
Keywords:
Security;
Armed Conflict;
Criminal Violence;
Criminal Justice System;
Reform;
Transitional Societies;
National Security;
Countries:
Mozambique ;
South Africa ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Ourselves to Know: Civil-Military Relations and Defence Transformation in Southern Africa
Authors:
Rocklyn Williams;
Gavin Cawthra;
Diane Abrahams;
This edited book highlights the complexitiy of current Southern Africa civil-military relations and proposes new insights within the unique context of the region's political environment. This is essential if the on-going process of more...
Keywords:
Armed Forces;
Civil-Military Relations;
Civilian Control;
Parliamentary Oversight;
Demilitarisation;
Democratisation;
Defence Policy;
Countries:
Tanzania ;
Zambia ;
Zimbabwe ;
Namibia ;
Botswana ;
Lesotho ;
South Africa ;
Malawi ;
Mozambique ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
East Africa;
African Great Lakes;
Security Governance in South Africa
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This paper is aims to provide a very broad-brush overview of key issues involved in
security governance in South Africa. It of necessity covers the transformation period
although it seeks to concentrate on current and future challenges.
It more...
Keywords:
Good Governance;
Governance;
Government;
Security;
Security Sector;
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Countries:
South Africa ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Security Sector Reform in Southern Africa
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
Malcolm Chalmers;
Roger Kibasomba;
Mpho Molomo;
Assindie Mungala;
Bizeck Phiri;
Rocklyn Williams;
Proceedings of the third Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and IISS workshop on "Security sector reform in Southern Africa", held on 8-9 November 2002. Papers cover Botswana, the DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, more...
Keywords:
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Security System Reform;
Countries:
Botswana ;
Congo Democratic Republic of (Zaire) ;
South Africa ;
Zambia ;
Zimbabwe ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
African Great Lakes;
Security Transformation in post-Apartheid South Africa [Chapter in Cawthra, G. & Luckham, R. Governing Insecurity]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This is an assessment of the efforts to transform the security of post-Apartheid South Africa, in the context of the new global strategic environment. The author examines the strategies to establish democratic control over security more...
Keywords:
Civil Society;
Civil-Military Relations;
Oversight;
Confidence Building;
Criminal Violence;
Defence Policy;
Democratic Reform of the Military;
Parliamentary Oversight;
Political Transition;
Strategic Defence Review;
State Capacity and Democratisation in Southern Africa
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
Solution to the insecurity dilemma in Southern African states lies in, not stripping them of their capacity, but in reassessing their core functions, and in identifying their key roles in security and development, in partnership with more...
Keywords:
Weak States;
Democratisation;
Armed Conflict;
Globalisation;
Security;
Nation Building;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
The future of security sector reform in Africa
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This paper argues that democratisation, socio-economic development and security are increasingly interlinked both in theory and in practice. The paper explores some of these linkages- positive and negative-in the context of what has more...
Keywords:
Security Sector Reform;
Collective Security;
Conflict;
Governance;
Insecurity;
Peacebuilding;
Regions:
Africa;
Southern Africa;
The Mauritius Country Study [part of the Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa study]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This case study represents one of the exceptions of the Southern African states as regards sustained democratic politics and democratic institutions continuously since independence. The paper argues that a major factor contributing more...
Keywords:
Democracy;
Security;
Defence Policy;
Regionalism;
Threats;
Countries:
Mauritius ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Indian Ocean;