Managing peace in West Africa: A comparative analysis of structural reform and small arms control in Nigeria and Liberia
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2019
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e Department of Political Science and Public Administration Redeemer’s University Ede, Osun State. Nigeria
Abstract
Conflict resolution ensures that peace is restored to conflict environments.
Beyond this lies the need to manage the peace that was obtained via conflict
resolution. Certain policies and structural institutions have emerged as key
ingredients in managing peace. Redistribution of conflict resources and other
structural reforms are crucial to the process which actively engages with
peacebuilding and conflict transformation. This study comparatively examines
the challenges to peace management in Nigeria and Liberia. It also
interrogates the central role of small arms control in this process and how
cooperative security, security sector reforms and institutional frameworks and
structural reforms can enhance peace management. The paper argues that the
absence of small arms can reduce the possibility of recourse to violence in
settling disputes, however, the structural violence inherent in African societies
retain the capabilities of sustaining demand-side aspects of small arms
proliferation. This means that small arms control is futile without
commensurate structural reforms.
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Small Arms Control, Conflict Management