@article{2014:schnabel:security_s,
title = {Security Sector Governance and Reform: Back to Basics},
year = {2014},
note = {Security sector reform (SSR) is an important element of interventions
in transition societies. The article evaluates the concept of security
sector reform and its application, and it draws lessons for future SSR
activities. The article proceeds in three sections: first, the basic
objectives and activities of SSR programmes and strategies are
reviewed; second, challenges and lessons of applied SSR are
elaborated; and, third, it is argued that most SSR activities are not
implemented as intended and may even weaken their stated objectives.
The article concludes with a plea for a return to SSR basics as well
as a continuous engagement with the conceptual and practical
development of SSR.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {97--102},
author = {Schnabel, Albrecht},
volume = {32},
number = {2}
}