Research in security sector reform policy : the case of Sierra Leone /
Author / Creator: | Varisco, Andrea, author. |
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Imprint: | London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018] ©2018 |
Description: | xxiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11330018 |
Summary: | This book investigates the extent to which research has influenced and interacted with SSR policies, programmes and activities implemented by the UK in conflict-affected Sierra Leone. Varisco uses concepts and notions from the literature on the policy process and research utilisation to explore the ways in which research has influenced UK-led SSR policy. Here, the author analyses the evolution of the network of policy-makers, street-level bureaucrats, and researchers working on SSR in Sierra Leone, and argues that two main variables - an increased stability in the country and a progressive evolution of SSR in policy and research - contributed to the expansion of the policy network over time and to a better use of research by street-level bureaucrats on the ground. This title derives from the Sierra Leone case study a series of recommendations to improve the use of research by international organisations and bilateral donors working in fragile states |
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Physical Description: | xxiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781137586742 1137586745 |