Security sector reform in Southeast Asia from policy to practice

Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy. Contributors examine the so far relatively unexplored theme of Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia. In an attempt to escape the military-centered approaches domi...

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Other Authors: Heiduk, Felix (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hampshire, UK Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Series:Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : security sector reform in Southeast Asia / Felix Heiduk
  • Security sector reform in Southeast Asia : from policy to practice / Carolina G. Hernandez
  • Eurocentric and ahistorical? : the concept of SSR and its limits / Jörg Krempel
  • Impediments to security sector reform in Thailand / Deniz Kocak and Johannes Kode
  • Superficial consolidation : security sector governance and the executive branch int he Philippines today / Paul Chambers
  • Stifled development : the SSR-civil society organizations community in post-authoritarian Indonesia / Fabio Scarpello
  • Security sector reform in Southeast Asia : the role of private security providers / Carolin Liss
  • Do as we say, not as we do? : gender and police reform in Timor-Leste / Henri Myrttinen
  • A Sisyphean exercise of SSR : examining the role of the UN in Timor-Leste / Nicolas Lemay-Hébert
  • Conclusion : assessing security sector reform in Southeast Asia / Felix Heiduk