The future of demilitarisation and civil military relations in West Africa

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This paper examines the state of civil-military relations and the prospects for demilitarisation and democratisation in contemporary West Africa. Its underlying thesis is that West Africa poses one of the greatest dilemmas to the prospects for demilitarisation in Africa. At the same time, it offers a potentially useful mechanism for regional peace and security with implications for (de)militarisation in Africa. While the paper recognises the historico-structural dimensions of militarisation as well as the behavioural obstacles to demilitarisation, it captures the challenges and prospects in terms of the complexity of state-civil society relations and suggests a holistic understanding of the concept of security. This, it does with a view to de-emphasising force as the key mechanism for conflict resolution, and promoting an inclusive institutional framework for demilitarisation and development.

Date Issued:

1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

African Journal of Political Science

Place:

Africa, West, Africa, West, and Africa, West

Subject Topic:

Civil-military relations, Democratization, and Conflict management

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m53x84x4w