A re-conceptualisation of ex-combatant reintegration
Social Reintegration' Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5680899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alpaslan Ozerdem (0000-0001-5931-9532, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-73 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/14678802.2012.667661 |
| OpenAlex | W1978741195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 33 |
The social reintegration of former combatants is the most important aspect of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) process, but there is a paucity of literature providing a clear understanding of its challenges and what it actually constitutes, and, more importantly, how it could be planned and implemented in peace-building environments. In order to respond to the lack of theory, the paper will use the desistance theory which outlines assistance models for ex-offenders' re-entry into society and addresses the question of how social reintegration can be perceived and structured effectively in the overall DDR operational landscape. The proposed approach is presented through a matrix of relationships between the elements of ‘emphasis on the combatant’ and ‘emphasis on the community’ in terms of ‘low’ and ‘high’ levels, resulting in the four main models for community re-entry: ‘self-demobilisation’, ‘reinsertion’, ‘community-located reintegration’ and ‘social reintegration’. Having explored what they constitute in the practice of DDR in the second part of the analysis section, the social reintegration approach, which is structured over the dimensions of ‘family and community’, ‘sustainable employment’ and ‘civic responsibilities’, will be elaborated in the final part
Combatant · Demobilization · Disarmament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions
Conflict, disaster and changing gender roles in Nepal
Genuine social inclusion or superficial co-existence? Former girl soldiers in eastern Congo returning home
Emotional legacies of war among former Colombian paramilitaries
Female Combatants in Postconflict Processes
Prison Overcrowding
Ex-combatants as civic activists in post-conflict societies
Insurgent Groups During Post-Conflict Transformation
The resilient, the remobilized and the removed
Contextualising Reintegration
Social Capital Made Explicit
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in unconventional settings
The reintegration of ex-combatants and post-conflict violence. An analysis of municipal crime levels in Colombia
Community counts
Citizens by Design? Explaining Ex-Combatant Satisfaction with Reintegration Programming
Reintegrating former fighters in the Congo
Rebuilding Lives
Conflict, Combatants, and Cash
Community-Driven Reconstruction in Colombia
Gender Mainstreaming Unraveled
Reintegrating veterans in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Working with Ex-combatants in Ukraine
From Villain to Hero
Collective reincorporation of Farc-EP and social and solidarity economies
Reintegrering av tidligere barnesoldater
Centering Survivors in Local Transitional Justice
Navigating Uncertainty
Zapatero, a tus zapatos ! Explaining the social engagement of M-19 ex-combatants in education and social work institutions in Colombia
The Farc in Colombia
Repair, stigmatisation or tolerance? Former girl soldiers' experience of their 'homecoming
Rethinking female ex-combatants, reintegration, and DDR
Revisiting DDR in Liberia
The conjugal order and long-term reintegration in Northern Uganda
Ex-combatants as social activists
Overcoming stigma and fostering participation
An intersectional approach to the understanding of patterns of marginalisation among ex-combatants with disabilities in Sri Lanka
The political consequences of reintegration programmes in current peace-building
Truly reconciled? A dyadic analysis of post-conflict social reintegration in Northern Uganda
Do apologies promote the reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a video experiment in Colombia
Identities and Interactions
Suicide
Post-war Recovery
Child Soldiers
Case studies in war-to-peace transition
New Directions in the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders
After the Conflict
Peacebuilding in Postconflict Societies
Transitional Subjects
After Crime and Punishment
Postconflict Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Southern Africa
No Place Like Home
Identity, Ideology and Child Soldiering
Use’ Them or ‘Lose’ Them
From a ‘Terrorist’ Group to a ‘Civil Defence’ Corps
The Struggle to Satisfy
From “Rebel” to “Returnee”
Economic Conditions, Neighborhood Organization, and Urban Crime
Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants in Afghanistan
Reintegration Support for Young Ex‐Combatants
Vocational training of former Kosovo Liberation Army combatants
The Limits of Social Capital
Understanding Desistance from Crime
Guns, Camps and Cash
Does money work? Cash transfers to ex-combatants in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration processes
Insurgency, militias and DDR as part of security sector reconstruction in Iraq
Getting in, getting out
Transitions from Prison to Community
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |