Human Security, Structural Stability and Good Governance in Times of State Failure

Keywords

Human Security, Structural Stability, Good Governance, State Failure

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Objectives

The research project conceptualises an analytical framework to grasp the unfavourable conditions for successful political transformation in crisis zones. It identifies alternative strategies and paths of development that might strengthen domestic capacities to tackle the challenges of state crisis and violent conflict. Furthermore, the research project evaluates different concepts that have been developed by Western donors and international agencies as leitmotifs for crisis prevention and development policy. In particular, the idea of 'structural stability', as formulated by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (DAC/OECD) and the European Commission, is of interest. In addition, the project undertakes to apply the notion of 'human security', which has been created by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to different countries and regions. Such an approach may help to find out whether this popular concept means – as Roland Paris has recently put it - a real 'paradigm shift' or only 'hot air'.

Methodology

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Publications

Ulf Terlinden/Tobias Debiel, (2003): Trügerische Friedenshoffnungen? Das Horn von Afrika zwischen Krisendiplomatie und Entwicklungsblockaden, in: Hofmeier, Rolf/Andreas Mehler, (Hg.) (2003): Afrika Jahrbuch 2002. Opladen, S. 57-68.

Tobias Debiel, (2003): Global Perspectives on the the Horn of Africa: Tentative Considerations on Geopolitics, Regional Security and Conflict Transformation, in: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Conflict and Cooperation in the Horn of Africa. Proceedings of Conference held in Addis Ababa, November 2002. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ethiopia Office, pp. 12-43.

Tobias Debiel, (2003): UN-Friedensoperationen in Afrika. Weltinnenpolitik und die Realität von Bürgerkriegen. Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz Nachf.

Tobias Debiel, (2003): Staatsversagen, Gewaltstrukturen und blockierte Entwicklung: Haben Krisenländer noch eine Chance?, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), (2003) B 13-14, S. 15-23.

Tobias Debiel, (2002): UN-Friedenssicherung in Subsahara-Afrika: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen multilateraler Konfliktbearbeitung in regionalisierten Bürgerkriegen. Eine Untersuchung im Rahmen des Global Governance-Ansatzes. – Duisburg: Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden.

Tobias Debiel/Axel Klein (Hg.), (2002): Fragile Peace. State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions. London: ZED Books.

Tobias Debiel (Hg.), (2002): Der zerbrechliche Frieden. Krisenregionen zwischen Staatsversagen, Gewalt und Entwicklung. Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz Nachf.

Tobias Debiel, (2002): Konflikt und Konfliktbearbeitung: Begriffe und Praxisformen, in: Schmidt Hajo/Uwe Trittmann (Hg.), Kultur und Konflikt. Dialog mit Johan Galtung. Münster, S. 219-235.

Tobias Debiel/Tanja Brühl/Brigitte Hamm/Hartwig Hummel/Jens Martens, (Hg.), (2001): Die Privatisierung der Weltpolitik. Entstaatlichung und Kommerzialisierung im Globalisierungsprozess. Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz Nachf.

Tobias Debiel, (2000): Strengthening the UN As an Effective World Authority: Cooperative Security Versus Hegemonic Crisis Management, in: Global Governance, A Review of Multilateralism and International Organization, Boulder (Co.), Vol. 6 (January-March 2000) No. 1, S. 25-41 (Lynne Rienner Publishers in cooperation with ACUNS and the United Nations University).

Tobias Debiel/ Volker Matthies (2000): Krisenprävention - mehr Fragen als Antworten? Eine Zwischenbilanz zur deutschen Entwicklungs-, Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, in: Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (E+Z), 41. (September 2000) 9, S. 250-253.

Tobias Debiel/Martina Fischer, (2000): Crisis Prevention & Conflict Management by the European Union: Concepts, Capacities and Problems of Coherence. Berlin: Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management (Berghof Report No. 4: September 2000).

Tobias Debiel, (1997):Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian Intervention: The Imperatives and Pitfalls in a Turbulent World, in: State and Law, A Biannual Collection of Recent German Contributions to these Fields, Tübingen (Institut für wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit), Vol. 55 (1997), S. 51-65.

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Duration of the Project

Contact

Ulf Terlinden