Research in Security Sector Reform Policy The Case of Sierra Leone [Hardcover]

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

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter?2:?Policy networks and research utilisation into policy.-?Chapter?3:?(Re)building fragile, conflict-affected states: a three-phase evolution in policy and research.- ?Chapter?4:?Security sector reform and research: an international policy network.-?Chapter?5:?The influence of research on British-led SSR policy in Sierra Leone: the conflict period, 1996-2002.-?Chapter?6:????The influence of research on British-led SSR policy in conflict-affected Sierra Leone: post-conflict period (2002-2013).-?Chapter?7:????