Somalia works: Police development as state building

Governance for development in Africa: building on what works

Should the governance of poor developing countries mimic what works in advanced capitalist democracies? Of course not. Yet for 20 years ‘good governance’ has meant exactly that. Millions of dollars have been spent on programmes to make private enterprise work in Africa as it does in the US, elections work as they do in Sweden, audit authorities as in Germany and civil society campaigns as in th...

- Development as State - making - DOUBLE - EDGED SWORDS : ARMIES , ELITE BARGAINING AND STATE - BUILDING

This document is an output from a research programme funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development. However, the views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID.

EC SOMALIA UNIT UPDATED Strategy for Peace building

Building Resilience in an Urban Police Department.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to examine a resilience training intervention that impacts autonomic responses to stress and improves cardiovascular risk, psychological, and physiological outcomes in police. METHODS Officers [(n = 38) 22 to 54 years] modified emotional and physical responses to stress using self-regulation. Measurements include psychological and physiological measures [eg,...

Changing police as barrier to police as solution

As protectors and guardians of public safety, police should be trusted to respect human dignity and uphold the human rights of all people. Yet, all around the world, police too often evoke fear of violence and repression Á a far cry from their civic and social purpose. This trepidation is particularly common in communities living on the fringes of society, in the shadow of punitive laws and at ...