This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War.

Robert Muggah is Research Director of the Small Arms Survey at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Foreword Jean-Marie Guéhenno Introduction: The Emperor's Clothes? Robert Muggah 1 Colombia's Quiet Demobilization: A Security Dividend? Jorge Restrepo and Robert Muggah 2 Assessing Progress toward Demobilization and Reintegration in Sierra Leone Macartan Humphreys and Jeremy Weinstein 3 DDR in Liberia: Reviewing the Gap between Goals and Outcomes James Pugel 4 The Reintegration of Child and Youth Combatants in Northern Uganda: Myth and Reality Christopher Blattman and Jeannie Annan 5 Demobilization and Reintegration Dilemmas in Afghanistan Michael Bhatia and Robert Muggah 6 What the Veterans' Say: Unpacking DDR Programmes in Timor-Leste Gordon Peake 7 Context Matters: Ethiopia's Demobilization and Reintegration Programme Robert Muggah and Jon Bennett with Aklu Girgre and Gebru Wolde 8 (Dis)integrating DDR in Sudan and Haiti? Practitioners Views to Overcoming Integration Inertia Robert Muggah, Desmond Molloy and Maximo Halty 9 Negotiating Reintegration: Dealing with Combatants During Peace Processes Robert Muggah and Anton Baaré 10 Transitional Justice and DDR Ana Patel Conclusion Robert Muggah, Mats Berdal and Stina Torjesen