Armed and aimless : armed groups, guns, and human security in the ECOWAS region
By - Florquin, Nicolas; , Berman, Eric (Eds.)
Floor
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Floor 4
Published
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Small Arms Survey, Geneva, ©2005
ISBN 10 - 2828800636
Book Status
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1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject
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Africa, West Social conditions
, Political stability
Shelf No
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5
Call Number
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966 ARM
Physical Description
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XX, 391 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes
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Includes Bibliographical References.
Compiles, for each of the 15 ECOWAS countries, which armed groups are active, the arms and light weapons believed to be in their possession, and the human security effects related to insurgents, self-defense militias, and terrorist movements. Describes local craft firearm production, the militarization and demilitarization of refugee camps, and the programmes for disarmament, demobilisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration (DDRR) of ex-combatants