War don don
Stability, normalcy and Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5680828 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Hills (0000-0003-4923-0571, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict Security and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14678802.2011.552245 |
| OpenAlex | W2082016836 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
There are few consistently reliable indicators of stability in post-conflict countries, but police behaviour is one of them. Based on the premise that stability has less to do with the introduction of specific institutions and procedures, and more to do with how people assess their environment and go about their routine business, this article uses police reform in Sierra Leone, 1996–2005, to provide a contextual explanation of the meaning of stability and the normalcy underpinning it. Rather than focusing on programme implementation, or on the normative indicators associated with international stabilisation and reconstruction projects, it argues that stability is the cumulative result of political realities and visible low-level activities which individually reinforce or offset each other
Epistemology · Normative · Political science · Politics · Premise · Sierra leone · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Underpinning · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |