The liberal peace approach guided the Disarmament Demobilisation and
Reintegration (DDR) programmes under the auspices of the United Nations.
While both practitioners and policymakers recognised that context fitted
approaches are required, which resulted in the revision of DDR policy and
practice, the driving principle approach remained the liberal peace theory,
which creates a hierarchical relationship between the intervener and the
intervened. I argue that applying the relational sensibility concept that places
relations, dialogue, and hybridity in its focus can (potentially) contribute to a
more effective locally designed, led, and implemented reintegration
programme that is owned by the different stakeholders instead of imposed.
Most reintegration programmes focused on the economic reintegration of ex combatants yielding limited results. I argue that social development for not only
former combatants but also for youth at-risk of criminalisation is an essential
element of reintegration.
I probe the applicability of an alternative peace-building approach to the liberal
peace that prioritises actions over relations by reviewing past DDR
programmes and a specific case study in Somalia. I establish that an inclusive,
community-based reintegration programme that focuses on the social
rehabilitation and integration of vulnerable and at-risk youth by strengthening their social and spiritual capitals, as well as promotes restorative justice, can
contribute to the decreased level of aggression at the individual level and the
perceptions of the increased level of community security in Somalia. I conclude
that DDR programmes both policy and practice, should look into more
community-based approaches, inclusivity, and balancing between social and
economic development opportunities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19415 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Schumicky-Logan, Lilla |
| Contributors | Chesters, Graeme S., Kelly, Rhys H.S. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Faculty of Social Science. Department of Peace Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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