democracy conflict and human security handbook volume 2
Democracy,
Conflict and
Human Security
Further Readings
Democracy,
Conflict and
Human Security
Further Readings
Reginald Austin
Najib Azca
Feargal Cochrane
Olayinka Creighton-Randall
Andrew Ellis
J. ’Kayode Fayemi
Guido Galli
Yash Ghai
Enrique ter Horst
Aziz Z. Huq
Todd Landman
Judith Large
Gurpreet Mahajan
Khabele Matlosa
George Gray Molina
Arifah Rahmawati
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Timothy D. Sisk
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Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Judith Large and Timothy D. Sisk
Section 1. Democracy and Human Security ................................................................................... 12
Essential linkages: democratic practice and the contemporary challenges of human security
Democracy and Human Security: Essential Linkages ................................................................................... 13
Todd Landman
Human Security .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Popular Sovereignty and Collective Decision Making ............................................................................ 16
Protection of Human Rights ......................................................................................................................... 18
Democracy and Development ..................................................................................................................... 19
The Democratic Peace ................................................................................................................................. 20
Implications .................................................................................................................................................... 21
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 22
The Crisis in Bolivia: Challenges of Democracy, Conflict and Human Security ....................................... 25
George Gray Molina
‘Crisis as Modus Vivendi’ ............................................................................................................................. 26
The ‘Bolivian Way’: Mobilization, Negotiation and Unfulilled Promises ............................................. 27
Delivery under Democracy: ‘Harmony of Inequalities’ Revisited .......................................................... 28
Ethnic Politics: Weak Parties but Strong Movements....................................................................... 29
Clientelism: The Strength of Weak Ties .............................................................................................. 30
Dual Powers: Splitting the State .......................................................................................................... 30
Co-government: Power Sharing without Power ................................................................................ 31
Self-government: Hegemony or Inclusion? ........................................................................................ 32
The Implications for Democracy in Latin America ................................................................................... 33
Figure 1: Bolivia: Social Conlicts Month by Month, 1970–2005 ............................................................. 27
Figure 2: Bolivia: Selected Public Opinion Responses on Democracy and Markets ......................... 33
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 34
Section 2. Democratization after the Cold War: Managing Turbulent Transitions ..... 36
Preventing violent conflict during turbulent transitions
Transition Processes Revisited: The Role of the International Community .............................................. 37
Reginald Austin
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Some General Problems of Good-Faith Transitions and Governmental Reform ................................. 39
Phase One ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
The Entrance and Exit of Transitional Interventions ......................................................................... 43
The Second (Post-Colonial) Phase of Transitions .................................................................................... 44
Some Recurrent and Novel Issues ...................................................................................................... 45
Time .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Funding .............................................................................................................................................. 46
Security ............................................................................................................................................. 47
Real Participation and the Ownership of the Transition ........................................................... 47
The Transition of Organizational Attitudes .................................................................................. 48
The Third Phase ............................................................................................................................................. 49
Long-Term, Low-Proile International Support for Transition ................................................................. 50
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
References ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Police Reform from Below: Examples from Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy ................................. 53
Arifah Rahmawati and Najib Azca
The Indonesia National Police: History and Socio-Political Context .................................................... 54
Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy: Communal Violence and Security Sector Reform ................. 57
Police Reform from Below: Learning Experiences .................................................................................. 60
Workshop on Conflict Management and Problem Solving .............................................................. 61
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 64
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 65
Table 1: The Pyramid of Power in New Order Indonesia (Civil–Military Links) ................................... 56
Section 3. Democratic Practice: Managing Power, Identity and Difference .............. 68
What are the key principles, characteristics, elements, and features of democracy that facilitate
conflict management in contemporary societies?
Dilemmas in Representation and Political Identity ....................................................................................... 69
Andrew Ellis
The Politics of Identity .................................................................................................................................. 69
The Politics of Leadership ............................................................................................................................ 70
Political Competition and State Building ................................................................................................... 70
Institutional Frameworks after Conlict ...................................................................................................... 71
Vote Pooling: Adventurous or Foolhardy? ................................................................................................. 72
Theory into Practice ...................................................................................................................................... 73
Fiji: A Test Bed for Vote Pooling? ................................................................................................................ 74
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It’s Not Just the Plan . . . It’s How You Get There ...................................................................................... 75
Back to the Drawing Board? ........................................................................................................................ 76
References ...................................................................................................................................................... 77
Stop-Go Democracy: The Peace Process in Northern Ireland Revisited .................................................. 78
Feargal Cochrane
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 78
From Negotiation to Implementation .......................................................................................................... 78
It’s Democracy, Jim, But Not As We Know It ............................................................................................ 81
Northern Ireland’s Groundhog Day ............................................................................................................. 83
Events that Damaged the Peace Process ................................................................................................. 86
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 89
Appendix: Chronology of Events Since 1998 ............................................................................................. 91
Select Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................... 92
Electoral System Design and Conflict Mitigation: The Case of Lesotho .................................................... 94
Khabele Matlosa
A Democratic Transition Without Consolidation ...................................................................................... 95
Electoral Politics in Lesotho: An Entrenched Culture of Conlict and Instability ................................ 97
Electoral Reform in Lesotho: Towards a Culture of Tolerance and Stability ...................................... 105
Lessons from the Lesotho Electoral System Design .............................................................................. 107
The Negotiation Process ..................................................................................................................... 107
The Constitutional Review Process ................................................................................................... 107
Institutional Reform .............................................................................................................................. 108
Electoral System Design ...................................................................................................................... 108
Managing Election-related Conflicts ................................................................................................. 109
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 109
Table 1: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1965 .................... 98
Table 2: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1970 .................... 99
Table 3: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1993 .................. 101
Table 4: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1998 .................. 103
Table 5: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 2002 .................. 104
Table 6: The Allocation of Seats on the Basis of the New MMP System in Lesotho, 2002 ............. 106
Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in India ...................................................................... 111
Gurpreet Mahajan
Pursuing Equality in a Diverse Society .................................................................................................... 111
Accommodating Religious Diversity ......................................................................................................... 113
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Voters Have One Interest; Parties May Have Another ............................................................................ 74
Dealing with Linguistic Diversity ............................................................................................................... 113
Special Rights for Tribal Communities ..................................................................................................... 114
Asymmetric and Multi-level Federalism .................................................................................................. 115
Frameworks of Accommodation: A Synoptic View ................................................................................ 116
Lessons from India ...................................................................................................................................... 116
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 122
Section 4. When Democracy Falters ................................................................................................ 124
When do democracy’s institutional failings, practical inadequacies, or acute social conflicts
precipitate crises and breakdowns, leading to doubts about democracy’s ability to manage
conflict and enable positive solutions to human security challenges?
Democratic Norms, Human Rights and States of Emergency: Lessons from the Experience
of Four Countries ......................................................................................................................................... 125
Aziz Z. Huq
Emergencies and Tragic Choices .............................................................................................................. 126
The United States and India: Legislative Action or Abdication? ......................................................... 129
Pakistan and the United Kingdom: The Role of the Courts ................................................................... 134
Democratic Fragility and Emergency Regimes: Some Conclusions ................................................... 137
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 139
Democracy and Terrorism: The Impact of the Anti ....................................................................................... 140
Judith Large
Key Challenges ............................................................................................................................................. 140
The Problem of Deinitions ......................................................................................................................... 141
National-level Policies ................................................................................................................................ 143
Not a Level Playing Field ............................................................................................................................ 144
The Regional/International Level .............................................................................................................. 146
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 147
References .................................................................................................................................................... 148
Box 1. Typologies of Terrorism ................................................................................................................... 142
Section 5. Democracy in War-torn Societies .............................................................................. 150
How can democratization succeed in war-torn situations where the imperatives of peace
demand a new consensus in the context of political reform and competitive elections?
El Salvador and Haiti Revisited: The Role of the UN Peace Operations .................................................. 151
Enrique ter Horst
Mandates and Management ..................................................................................................................... 153
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Justice .................................................................................................................................................... 158
The Police .............................................................................................................................................. 162
The Armed Forces ................................................................................................................................ 164
The Electoral Tribunal .......................................................................................................................... 166
Closing a Peace Operation ......................................................................................................................... 167
Conclusions .................................................................................................................................................. 168
Pursuing Security in the Post-conflict Phase: Reflections on Recent African Cases and
Their Implications for Current and Future Peace Operations ............................................................. 171
J. ‘Kayode Fayemi
The Nature of Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-conlict States in Africa: The Examples
of Liberia and Sierra Leone ................................................................................................................. 172
Beyond DDR: The Scope of Security Sector Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia ............. 175
Restructuring of the Armed Forces ....................................................................................................176
Reconstructing the Police and Demilitarizing Public Order .......................................................... 178
Tackling Impunity and Egregious Violations of Human Rights ............................................................. 180
The Place of Irregular Forces and the Crisis of Youth Culture ............................................................. 181
Conclusion: The Future of Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-conlict States ........................ 182
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 185
Table 1: The Lomé Peace Agreement and the Accra Peace Agreement ........................................... 174
Electoral Processes and Post-settlement Peace Building: Perspectives from Southern Africa ........ 188
Khabele Matlosa
The Context ................................................................................................................................................... 189
Democratization and Conlict .................................................................................................................... 192
Problem Diagnosis: Some Examples from the Region ........................................................................... 193
Healing or Opening Old Wounds? ............................................................................................................. 197
Fire-Fighting in the Neighbourhood: The SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing
Democratic Elections ........................................................................................................................... 198
Prognosis and Healing: Pathways to Post-conlict Stability, Peace and Security ........................... 200
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 205
Table 1: Degree of Public Trust in Political Parties in Selected SADC Countries ............................. 191
Democratization of the Peace Process: Sri Lanka ....................................................................................... 207
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Public Participation and the Fates of Agreements Signed ................................................................... 208
The Challenge of Public Participation and Democratization of the Peace Process ........................ 211
Government and Civil Society Efforts ................................................................................................ 211
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Institution Building ....................................................................................................................................... 156
Conclusion: Lessons Learned .................................................................................................................... 216
Figure 1: Sri Lankan Public Opinion on How to End the Conlict in Sri Lanka, 2005 .......................... 215
Figure 2: Sri Lankan Public Opinion on How to End the Conlict in Sri Lanka, 2003 .......................... 215
Figure 3: Support for Peace in Sri Lanka, 2004 ....................................................................................... 217
Figure 4: Support for Peace in Sri Lanka, by Ethnic Group, 2004 ......................................................... 217
Section 6. Strengthening International Assistance for Promoting Peace through
Democracy Building ............................................................................................................................220
How can international assistance for promoting peace through democracy building be
strengthened?
The Role of the International Community in Supporting Democratization Processes and Why It
Matters for Human Security: The Case of Sierra Leone ....................................................................... 221
Olayinka Creighton-Randall
Relecting on Human Security: A Sierra Leonean View ........................................................................ 224
Democratic Principles and Practice ........................................................................................................ 224
Intervention by the International Community .......................................................................................... 225
Challenges .................................................................................................................................................... 226
The Way Forward ......................................................................................................................................... 230
References and Further Reading ...............................................................................................................231
Constitution-building Processes and Democratization: Lessons Learned .............................................. 232
Yash Ghai and Guido Galli
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 232
The Connection between Constitutions and Democracy ..................................................................... 233
Constitution Building ................................................................................................................................... 235
Elections or Constitution Making First? ............................................................................................ 236
Foreign Involvement and Local Ownership ...................................................................................... 237
The Post-enactment Stage .................................................................................................................. 238
Participation ................................................................................................................................................. 240
The Promises and Dangers of Participation .................................................................................... 240
The Challenge of Participation ........................................................................................................... 240
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 241
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 248
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................... 250
About International IDEA .................................................................................................................................. 252
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International IDEA has entered its second decade of work as an intergovernmental
body dedicated to supporting democratization worldwide. he key messages of its
founding mandate—the importance of local ownership, dialogue processes and contextappropriate design—are increasingly relevant. For many across the world, democracy
is in a crisis of legitimacy and credibility. he idea that people have the right to control
their government and that a government is legitimate only if and when it is controlled
by the people has won almost global recognition, hardly matched by any other world
view in modern history. It transcends cultures, religions and languages; it takes multiple
forms and survives in the most inhospitable environments.
However, the way in which the idea of democracy is translated into practice can leave
much to be desired. In a world characterized by rising inequality, democratic systems
will be judged on how they include and deliver to constituent populations.
Democratization processes are in themselves conlictual, involving the reconiguring of
power relations, and competition for resources and representation. Informed analysis
and local involvement are key to any positive outcome. In societies emerging from war,
they are essential for preventing reversal and securing a just peace. While the promotion
of democracy is more central in foreign policy debate and conduct than ever before, it is
also true that democracy building is increasingly viewed by many with suspicion. here
is a polarization of views on both intent and approach, and undemocratic regimes are
exploiting the situation.
his book addresses the nexus between democracy, conlict and human security in a
way which recognizes that this is highly political, not technical, terrain. It places at
centre stage the fundamental need for democratic practice, and reminds us that in every
society, North and South, the democratic project is a long-term, ongoing one. his
book is part of IDEA’s eforts to contribute to a major ongoing debate and, hpefully,
to the strengthening of a democratic practice that responds to the quests for human
dignity and development.
International IDEA would like to express particular appreciation to the Human Security
Program of the Department of Foreign Afairs and International Trade, Canada, which
has supported this project and publication. hanks are also due to the Geneva Centre
for Security Policy for their cooperation and shared interest in the theme.
Of the two lead writers, Judith Large spearheaded the 2004–5 ‘Confronting 2st Century
Challenges’ enquiry process at IDEA. Timothy Sisk provided the initial theoretical
framework and manuscript for this meeting, and it was out of robust deliberations over
this irst draft that the focus on human security emerged for subsequent development.
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Our appreciation and thanks go to them both for bringing the two volumes of Democracy,
Conlict and Human Security: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century to completion, for their
careful attention to a complex agenda and a multitude of voices, and for ofering it as a
vehicle for action.
IDEA also expresses its warmest thanks to the authors of the studies in this volume;
to the members of the Consultative Advisory Group convened for the Confronting
2st Century Challenges project in April 2005—Abdoulkadir Yahya Ali, Ilan Bizberg,
Béchir Chourou, Andrew Ellis, Alvaro Garcia, Joao Gomes Porto, Enrique ter Horst,
Khabele Matlosa, Arifah Rahmawati, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Massimo Tommasoli,
Nkoyo Toyo and Bernard Wood. Several committed staf members have helped us see
the process through, including Goran Fejic, Katarina Jörgensen and Cecilia Bylesjö.
hanks also go to Fran Lesser, to Eve Johansson for her patience and attention to detail,
to IDEA’s dedicated publications manager Nadia Handal Zander, and in particular to
Anh Dung Nguyen.
Finally, we express our gratitude to the member states of IDEA, without whose support
the work would not have been possible. To them, and to all our readers, we hope
that these selected readings related to Democracy, Conlict, and Human Security will
stand as a useful contribution to the challenges we all face, in varying contexts and
circumstances.
Vidar Helgesen
Secretary General, International IDEA
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABRI
Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia)
AFRC
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Sierra Leone)
ANC
African National Congress
APC
All People’s Congress (Sierra Leone)
AU
African Union
AV
Alternative Vote
BCP
Basutoland Congress Party (Lesotho)
BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (India)
BNP
Basotho National Party (Lesotho)
Brimob
Brigade Mobil (Mobile Brigades) (Indonesia)
CFA
Cease Fire Agreement (Sri Lanka)
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CivPol
Civilian Police
COB
Central Obrera Boliviana (central trade union organization, Bolivia)
CPP
Cambodian People’s Party
CSO
Civil society organization
DDR
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
DFID
Department for International Development (UK)
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DUP
Democratic Unionist Party
ECOMOG
ECOWAS Monitoring Group
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EISA
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa
EMB
Electoral management body
ESPA
El Salvador Peace Agreement
EU
European Union
FAES
Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (Armed Forces of El Salvador)
FLP
Fiji Labour Party
FMLN
Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberacion Nacional
(Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, El Salvador)
FPTP
First Past The Post
FRELIMO
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique)
GBP
British pound (£)
GFA
Good Friday Agreement
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeiciency syndrome/Acquired immunodeiciency syndrome
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ICG
International Crisis Group
ICGL
International Contact Group on Liberia
IEC
Independent Electoral Commission (Lesotho)
INP
Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia)
IPA
Interim Political Authority (Lesotho)
IRA
Irish Republican Army
JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Sri Lanka)
LCD
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
LRA
Lord’s Resistance Army
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka)
LURD
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
MDC
Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)
MFP
Marematlou Freedom Party (Lesotho)
MICAH
Mission Civile d’Appui en Haiti (Civilian Support Mission in Haiti)
MICIVIH
Mission Internationale Civile en Haïti (International Civilian Mission in Haiti)
MINUSTAH
Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti
(UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti)
MMP
Mixed Member Proportional
MNR
Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Movement) (Bolivia)
MODEL
Movement for Democracy in Liberia
MP
Member of Parliament
MTP
Marema-Tlou Party (Lesotho)
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NRM
National Resistance Movement (Uganda)
OAS
Organization of American States
OAU
Organization of African Unity
ONUSAL
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PA
People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka)
PN
Policia Nacional (National Police, El Salvador)
PNC
Policia Nacional Civil (National Civil Police, El Salvador)
PNH
Police Nationale d’Haïti (Haitian National Police)
PR
Proportional representation
PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSNI
Police Service of Northern Ireland
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Post Tsunami Operational Management Structure (Sri Lanka)
RENAMO
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance)
RSLAF
Royal Sierra Leonean Armed Forces
RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
RUF
Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone)
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SDLP
Social Democratic Labour Party
SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
SNTV
Single Non-Transferable Vote
SRSG
Special representative of the (UN) secretary-general
SSR
Security sector reconstruction
SSR
Security sector reform
STV
Single Transferable Vote
TNI
Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Military)
TSE
Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Tribunal) (El Salvador)
TWEA
Trading With the Enemy Act (USA, 1917)
UK
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UNAMSIL
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNMIH
United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNP
United National Party (Sri Lanka)
USD
US dollar
UUP
Ulster Unionist Party
VLV
Christian Democrat Alliance (Fiji)
ZANU/PF
Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Judith Large and Timothy D. Sisk
he notions of both democracy and security are severely contested in the new millennium.
Contrary to the post-cold war optimism which followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in
989, the promise of ‘democracy’ worldwide remains a distant possibility, and ‘hot
wars’ continue, at times informed by newly framed international justiication and
intervention, as relected in debates on ‘pre-emptive’ action. Likewise, there are tensions
between traditional concerns with state security and new-found emphasis on ‘human
security’ as a more compelling, or at least complementary, notion. International IDEA’s
‘Confronting 2st Century Challenges’ project in 2004–2005 invited debate about and
scrutiny of what had changed since the mid-990s and an appraisal of experience in
democratic transition in relation to peace building and development. Why was there
documented disillusionment with new democracies? What had changed since the fall of
dictatorships in Latin America, and peace settlements intent on democratic frameworks,
such as the Dayton and Belfast agreements? How were democratic systems in Africa,
Asia, the Caucasus or Latin America perceived by their populations? What trends in
assistance to democracy building were perceived as positive or negative?
he answer to a wide-ranging consultative exercise was a clear message that the focus
should be on two key areas: the legitimacy of democracy assistance in the light of the
fact that democratization can in inself be conlict-inducing, and the relationship between
democratic systems and human security. here was a message that democracy as a political
form cannot be imposed from the basis of external needs or by an external actor. It
must be desired by and directed from social actors inside a society. Moreover, the test
of its internal credibility and sustainability will be whether it can ‘deliver’ human
development to the population who are its citizens.
his book, a companion volume to Democracy, Conlict and Human Security: Pursuing
Peace in the 21st Century, contains speciic studies which were contributed to the debate,
from diverse experiences and contexts. his volume complements and enriches the irst
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volume in two ways: by providing perspectives by leading scholars, analysts and policy
makers, and by ofering a more in-depth look at critical themes and case studies.
In section , ‘Democracy and Human Security: Essential Linkages’ by Todd Landman
expands on the notion of human security as a signiicant paradigm shift in the ways
in which security is conceived, the way in which policies for its protection may be
formulated, and the diferent ways in which it may be related to democracy:
By grounding the concept in the individual, the concept of human security challenges
the hegemony of state-centric approaches to analysing security problems and policies
designed to alleviate them. In using the ideas of freedom from fear and freedom
from want, which parallel concerns over personal integrity and personal dignity,
the notion of human security adds many more dimensions to the security agenda
that overlap with other policy agendas in the ields of development, democracy and
human rights (Landman: 21–2).
Landman explores how democratic institutions ‘understood in their fullest sense’ can
contribute to the exercise of human agency and the protection of human security. In
particular he identiies the importance of having in place institutions for accountability
(vertical and horizontal), for constraint and representation—themes which run
throughout the studies in their particular contexts.
One arena which demonstrates these linkages to the full is Bolivia, where critical human
security issues of poverty, exclusion, distribution, representation and participation have
proved to be the litmus test for democracy. Altough declared a showcase for the smooth
implementation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) reforms in the 990s with
‘capitalized’ (privatized) state industries in oil and gas, telecommunications, electricity,
the railways and airlines, marginal economic growth did not translate demonstrably
into meaningful development. he failure of economic policies to deliver poverty
reduction, and their exacerbation of profoundly entrenched inequality in the country,
led to a backlash and divisions which pushed the country to the brink, seemingly, of
civil war. Bolivia today is symbolic in some ways of broader trends and concerns in the
Americas with the shortcomings of democracy.
Water privatization in Cochabamba was revoked in 2000 after riots in protest. In
October 200, 6 people were killed by troops under the government of Gonzalo
Sánchez de Lozada, in protests calling for nationalization of Bolivia’s hydrocarbons (gas
and oil). Sánchez de Lozada was forced to lee. In 2005 residents of El Alto (following
the earlier precedent) forced the government to end the contract with the privatized
water utility, due to rising water prices and its failure to extend the water and sewerage
network to many residents. Renewed protests at natural gas nationalization brought the
country to a standstill for three weeks. General elections in December 2005 brought in
a government with populist policies and a redistribution agenda, in response to mass
discontent and historical inequalities. Severe tests still await Bolivia, not least managing
devolution policies amid competing claims for autonomy and more. George Gray
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In Bolivia, as in apartheid-era South Africa, Nepal in the 990s and, currently, in Aceh
and West Papua, Israel and Palestine, popular needs for recognition, for rights, and
for development and human security take on political force when unmet over time.
Responses to enduring structural inequalities will relect strongly in the perceived
legitimacy of government. Popular movements, as in the case of the indigenous peoples
of Latin America, can be forces for democratization.
Section 2, ‘Democratization after the Cold War: Managing Turbulent Transitions’,
traces patterns of democratization particularly the 990s and 2000s, the role of social
mobilization and politics for setting the human security agenda, democratization
as conlict-inducing, and ‘transition’ indings relevant for policy today. Reg Austin
draws on earlier experience of the liberation wars in Africa when tracking approaches
to democracy assistance from the 99 Lancaster House Agreement on Zimbabwe to
recent developments in Afghanistan. Arifah Rahmawati and Najib Azca give their
irst-hand account and analysis of multi-level work in Indonesia’s new democracy, in
‘Police Reform from Below: Examples from Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy’.
hey examine the outbreak of localized violent conlict and consider the ‘pyramid of
power in New Order Indonesia with civil–military links’. Rahmawati and Azca explore
the key areas of participation and local ownership in reform processes. he Indonesia
experience has broad implications for considering approaches to multi-level participation
and security sector reform in transitional situations.
Section , ‘Democratic Practice: Managing Power, Identity and Diference’, explores
key principles and features that facilitate conlict management, with measures for social
inclusion as a key theme. Andrew Ellis examines ‘Dilemmas in Representation and
Political Identity’ with a sharp eye to the politics of identity, leadership, electoral choice
and electoral system design. Feargal Cochrane’s study ‘Stop-Go Democracy: he
Peace Process in Northern Ireland Revisited’ ofers lessons in both the opportunities
and the pitfalls of power-sharing arrangements. Khabele Matlosa presents a case study
of efective violence reduction and conlict mitigation in ‘Electoral System Design and
Conlict Mitigation: he Case of Lesotho’. Gurpreet Mahajan expands further on the
the critical areas of balancing majority prerogatives and minority rights, electoral and
institutional design, and consensus building in divided or diverse societies in her study
on ‘Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in India’.
Security crises may be used as a justiication for suspension of democratic processes,
in both North and South. ‘When Democracy Falters’ is the theme of section 4. In
this section, the need for constitutional and procedural safeguards for accountable
balance of power, and the critical dimension of honouring international human rights
conventions, are examined by both Aziz Z. Huq in ‘Democratic Norms, Human Rights
and States of Emergency: Lessons from the Experience of Four Countries’, and Judith
Large’s ‘Democracy and Terrorism: the Impact of the Anti’.
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Aziz Z. Huq
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Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Judith Large and Timothy D. Sisk
Section 1. Democracy and Human Security ................................................................................... 12
Essential linkages: democratic practice and the contemporary challenges of human security
Democracy and Human Security: Essential Linkages ................................................................................... 13
Todd Landman
Human Security .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Popular Sovereignty and Collective Decision Making ............................................................................ 16
Protection of Human Rights ......................................................................................................................... 18
Democracy and Development ..................................................................................................................... 19
The Democratic Peace ................................................................................................................................. 20
Implications .................................................................................................................................................... 21
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 22
The Crisis in Bolivia: Challenges of Democracy, Conflict and Human Security ....................................... 25
George Gray Molina
‘Crisis as Modus Vivendi’ ............................................................................................................................. 26
The ‘Bolivian Way’: Mobilization, Negotiation and Unfulilled Promises ............................................. 27
Delivery under Democracy: ‘Harmony of Inequalities’ Revisited .......................................................... 28
Ethnic Politics: Weak Parties but Strong Movements....................................................................... 29
Clientelism: The Strength of Weak Ties .............................................................................................. 30
Dual Powers: Splitting the State .......................................................................................................... 30
Co-government: Power Sharing without Power ................................................................................ 31
Self-government: Hegemony or Inclusion? ........................................................................................ 32
The Implications for Democracy in Latin America ................................................................................... 33
Figure 1: Bolivia: Social Conlicts Month by Month, 1970–2005 ............................................................. 27
Figure 2: Bolivia: Selected Public Opinion Responses on Democracy and Markets ......................... 33
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 34
Section 2. Democratization after the Cold War: Managing Turbulent Transitions ..... 36
Preventing violent conflict during turbulent transitions
Transition Processes Revisited: The Role of the International Community .............................................. 37
Reginald Austin
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Some General Problems of Good-Faith Transitions and Governmental Reform ................................. 39
Phase One ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
The Entrance and Exit of Transitional Interventions ......................................................................... 43
The Second (Post-Colonial) Phase of Transitions .................................................................................... 44
Some Recurrent and Novel Issues ...................................................................................................... 45
Time .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Funding .............................................................................................................................................. 46
Security ............................................................................................................................................. 47
Real Participation and the Ownership of the Transition ........................................................... 47
The Transition of Organizational Attitudes .................................................................................. 48
The Third Phase ............................................................................................................................................. 49
Long-Term, Low-Proile International Support for Transition ................................................................. 50
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
References ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Police Reform from Below: Examples from Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy ................................. 53
Arifah Rahmawati and Najib Azca
The Indonesia National Police: History and Socio-Political Context .................................................... 54
Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy: Communal Violence and Security Sector Reform ................. 57
Police Reform from Below: Learning Experiences .................................................................................. 60
Workshop on Conflict Management and Problem Solving .............................................................. 61
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 64
References and Further Reading ................................................................................................................ 65
Table 1: The Pyramid of Power in New Order Indonesia (Civil–Military Links) ................................... 56
Section 3. Democratic Practice: Managing Power, Identity and Difference .............. 68
What are the key principles, characteristics, elements, and features of democracy that facilitate
conflict management in contemporary societies?
Dilemmas in Representation and Political Identity ....................................................................................... 69
Andrew Ellis
The Politics of Identity .................................................................................................................................. 69
The Politics of Leadership ............................................................................................................................ 70
Political Competition and State Building ................................................................................................... 70
Institutional Frameworks after Conlict ...................................................................................................... 71
Vote Pooling: Adventurous or Foolhardy? ................................................................................................. 72
Theory into Practice ...................................................................................................................................... 73
Fiji: A Test Bed for Vote Pooling? ................................................................................................................ 74
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It’s Not Just the Plan . . . It’s How You Get There ...................................................................................... 75
Back to the Drawing Board? ........................................................................................................................ 76
References ...................................................................................................................................................... 77
Stop-Go Democracy: The Peace Process in Northern Ireland Revisited .................................................. 78
Feargal Cochrane
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 78
From Negotiation to Implementation .......................................................................................................... 78
It’s Democracy, Jim, But Not As We Know It ............................................................................................ 81
Northern Ireland’s Groundhog Day ............................................................................................................. 83
Events that Damaged the Peace Process ................................................................................................. 86
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 89
Appendix: Chronology of Events Since 1998 ............................................................................................. 91
Select Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................... 92
Electoral System Design and Conflict Mitigation: The Case of Lesotho .................................................... 94
Khabele Matlosa
A Democratic Transition Without Consolidation ...................................................................................... 95
Electoral Politics in Lesotho: An Entrenched Culture of Conlict and Instability ................................ 97
Electoral Reform in Lesotho: Towards a Culture of Tolerance and Stability ...................................... 105
Lessons from the Lesotho Electoral System Design .............................................................................. 107
The Negotiation Process ..................................................................................................................... 107
The Constitutional Review Process ................................................................................................... 107
Institutional Reform .............................................................................................................................. 108
Electoral System Design ...................................................................................................................... 108
Managing Election-related Conflicts ................................................................................................. 109
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 109
Table 1: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1965 .................... 98
Table 2: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1970 .................... 99
Table 3: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1993 .................. 101
Table 4: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 1998 .................. 103
Table 5: The Results of the General Election for the Lesotho National Assembly, 2002 .................. 104
Table 6: The Allocation of Seats on the Basis of the New MMP System in Lesotho, 2002 ............. 106
Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in India ...................................................................... 111
Gurpreet Mahajan
Pursuing Equality in a Diverse Society .................................................................................................... 111
Accommodating Religious Diversity ......................................................................................................... 113
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Voters Have One Interest; Parties May Have Another ............................................................................ 74
Dealing with Linguistic Diversity ............................................................................................................... 113
Special Rights for Tribal Communities ..................................................................................................... 114
Asymmetric and Multi-level Federalism .................................................................................................. 115
Frameworks of Accommodation: A Synoptic View ................................................................................ 116
Lessons from India ...................................................................................................................................... 116
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 122
Section 4. When Democracy Falters ................................................................................................ 124
When do democracy’s institutional failings, practical inadequacies, or acute social conflicts
precipitate crises and breakdowns, leading to doubts about democracy’s ability to manage
conflict and enable positive solutions to human security challenges?
Democratic Norms, Human Rights and States of Emergency: Lessons from the Experience
of Four Countries ......................................................................................................................................... 125
Aziz Z. Huq
Emergencies and Tragic Choices .............................................................................................................. 126
The United States and India: Legislative Action or Abdication? ......................................................... 129
Pakistan and the United Kingdom: The Role of the Courts ................................................................... 134
Democratic Fragility and Emergency Regimes: Some Conclusions ................................................... 137
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 139
Democracy and Terrorism: The Impact of the Anti ....................................................................................... 140
Judith Large
Key Challenges ............................................................................................................................................. 140
The Problem of Deinitions ......................................................................................................................... 141
National-level Policies ................................................................................................................................ 143
Not a Level Playing Field ............................................................................................................................ 144
The Regional/International Level .............................................................................................................. 146
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 147
References .................................................................................................................................................... 148
Box 1. Typologies of Terrorism ................................................................................................................... 142
Section 5. Democracy in War-torn Societies .............................................................................. 150
How can democratization succeed in war-torn situations where the imperatives of peace
demand a new consensus in the context of political reform and competitive elections?
El Salvador and Haiti Revisited: The Role of the UN Peace Operations .................................................. 151
Enrique ter Horst
Mandates and Management ..................................................................................................................... 153
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Justice .................................................................................................................................................... 158
The Police .............................................................................................................................................. 162
The Armed Forces ................................................................................................................................ 164
The Electoral Tribunal .......................................................................................................................... 166
Closing a Peace Operation ......................................................................................................................... 167
Conclusions .................................................................................................................................................. 168
Pursuing Security in the Post-conflict Phase: Reflections on Recent African Cases and
Their Implications for Current and Future Peace Operations ............................................................. 171
J. ‘Kayode Fayemi
The Nature of Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-conlict States in Africa: The Examples
of Liberia and Sierra Leone ................................................................................................................. 172
Beyond DDR: The Scope of Security Sector Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia ............. 175
Restructuring of the Armed Forces ....................................................................................................176
Reconstructing the Police and Demilitarizing Public Order .......................................................... 178
Tackling Impunity and Egregious Violations of Human Rights ............................................................. 180
The Place of Irregular Forces and the Crisis of Youth Culture ............................................................. 181
Conclusion: The Future of Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-conlict States ........................ 182
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 185
Table 1: The Lomé Peace Agreement and the Accra Peace Agreement ........................................... 174
Electoral Processes and Post-settlement Peace Building: Perspectives from Southern Africa ........ 188
Khabele Matlosa
The Context ................................................................................................................................................... 189
Democratization and Conlict .................................................................................................................... 192
Problem Diagnosis: Some Examples from the Region ........................................................................... 193
Healing or Opening Old Wounds? ............................................................................................................. 197
Fire-Fighting in the Neighbourhood: The SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing
Democratic Elections ........................................................................................................................... 198
Prognosis and Healing: Pathways to Post-conlict Stability, Peace and Security ........................... 200
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 205
Table 1: Degree of Public Trust in Political Parties in Selected SADC Countries ............................. 191
Democratization of the Peace Process: Sri Lanka ....................................................................................... 207
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Public Participation and the Fates of Agreements Signed ................................................................... 208
The Challenge of Public Participation and Democratization of the Peace Process ........................ 211
Government and Civil Society Efforts ................................................................................................ 211
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Institution Building ....................................................................................................................................... 156
Conclusion: Lessons Learned .................................................................................................................... 216
Figure 1: Sri Lankan Public Opinion on How to End the Conlict in Sri Lanka, 2005 .......................... 215
Figure 2: Sri Lankan Public Opinion on How to End the Conlict in Sri Lanka, 2003 .......................... 215
Figure 3: Support for Peace in Sri Lanka, 2004 ....................................................................................... 217
Figure 4: Support for Peace in Sri Lanka, by Ethnic Group, 2004 ......................................................... 217
Section 6. Strengthening International Assistance for Promoting Peace through
Democracy Building ............................................................................................................................220
How can international assistance for promoting peace through democracy building be
strengthened?
The Role of the International Community in Supporting Democratization Processes and Why It
Matters for Human Security: The Case of Sierra Leone ....................................................................... 221
Olayinka Creighton-Randall
Relecting on Human Security: A Sierra Leonean View ........................................................................ 224
Democratic Principles and Practice ........................................................................................................ 224
Intervention by the International Community .......................................................................................... 225
Challenges .................................................................................................................................................... 226
The Way Forward ......................................................................................................................................... 230
References and Further Reading ...............................................................................................................231
Constitution-building Processes and Democratization: Lessons Learned .............................................. 232
Yash Ghai and Guido Galli
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 232
The Connection between Constitutions and Democracy ..................................................................... 233
Constitution Building ................................................................................................................................... 235
Elections or Constitution Making First? ............................................................................................ 236
Foreign Involvement and Local Ownership ...................................................................................... 237
The Post-enactment Stage .................................................................................................................. 238
Participation ................................................................................................................................................. 240
The Promises and Dangers of Participation .................................................................................... 240
The Challenge of Participation ........................................................................................................... 240
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 241
References and Further Reading .............................................................................................................. 248
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................... 250
About International IDEA .................................................................................................................................. 252
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International IDEA has entered its second decade of work as an intergovernmental
body dedicated to supporting democratization worldwide. he key messages of its
founding mandate—the importance of local ownership, dialogue processes and contextappropriate design—are increasingly relevant. For many across the world, democracy
is in a crisis of legitimacy and credibility. he idea that people have the right to control
their government and that a government is legitimate only if and when it is controlled
by the people has won almost global recognition, hardly matched by any other world
view in modern history. It transcends cultures, religions and languages; it takes multiple
forms and survives in the most inhospitable environments.
However, the way in which the idea of democracy is translated into practice can leave
much to be desired. In a world characterized by rising inequality, democratic systems
will be judged on how they include and deliver to constituent populations.
Democratization processes are in themselves conlictual, involving the reconiguring of
power relations, and competition for resources and representation. Informed analysis
and local involvement are key to any positive outcome. In societies emerging from war,
they are essential for preventing reversal and securing a just peace. While the promotion
of democracy is more central in foreign policy debate and conduct than ever before, it is
also true that democracy building is increasingly viewed by many with suspicion. here
is a polarization of views on both intent and approach, and undemocratic regimes are
exploiting the situation.
his book addresses the nexus between democracy, conlict and human security in a
way which recognizes that this is highly political, not technical, terrain. It places at
centre stage the fundamental need for democratic practice, and reminds us that in every
society, North and South, the democratic project is a long-term, ongoing one. his
book is part of IDEA’s eforts to contribute to a major ongoing debate and, hpefully,
to the strengthening of a democratic practice that responds to the quests for human
dignity and development.
International IDEA would like to express particular appreciation to the Human Security
Program of the Department of Foreign Afairs and International Trade, Canada, which
has supported this project and publication. hanks are also due to the Geneva Centre
for Security Policy for their cooperation and shared interest in the theme.
Of the two lead writers, Judith Large spearheaded the 2004–5 ‘Confronting 2st Century
Challenges’ enquiry process at IDEA. Timothy Sisk provided the initial theoretical
framework and manuscript for this meeting, and it was out of robust deliberations over
this irst draft that the focus on human security emerged for subsequent development.
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Our appreciation and thanks go to them both for bringing the two volumes of Democracy,
Conlict and Human Security: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century to completion, for their
careful attention to a complex agenda and a multitude of voices, and for ofering it as a
vehicle for action.
IDEA also expresses its warmest thanks to the authors of the studies in this volume;
to the members of the Consultative Advisory Group convened for the Confronting
2st Century Challenges project in April 2005—Abdoulkadir Yahya Ali, Ilan Bizberg,
Béchir Chourou, Andrew Ellis, Alvaro Garcia, Joao Gomes Porto, Enrique ter Horst,
Khabele Matlosa, Arifah Rahmawati, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Massimo Tommasoli,
Nkoyo Toyo and Bernard Wood. Several committed staf members have helped us see
the process through, including Goran Fejic, Katarina Jörgensen and Cecilia Bylesjö.
hanks also go to Fran Lesser, to Eve Johansson for her patience and attention to detail,
to IDEA’s dedicated publications manager Nadia Handal Zander, and in particular to
Anh Dung Nguyen.
Finally, we express our gratitude to the member states of IDEA, without whose support
the work would not have been possible. To them, and to all our readers, we hope
that these selected readings related to Democracy, Conlict, and Human Security will
stand as a useful contribution to the challenges we all face, in varying contexts and
circumstances.
Vidar Helgesen
Secretary General, International IDEA
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABRI
Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia)
AFRC
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Sierra Leone)
ANC
African National Congress
APC
All People’s Congress (Sierra Leone)
AU
African Union
AV
Alternative Vote
BCP
Basutoland Congress Party (Lesotho)
BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (India)
BNP
Basotho National Party (Lesotho)
Brimob
Brigade Mobil (Mobile Brigades) (Indonesia)
CFA
Cease Fire Agreement (Sri Lanka)
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CivPol
Civilian Police
COB
Central Obrera Boliviana (central trade union organization, Bolivia)
CPP
Cambodian People’s Party
CSO
Civil society organization
DDR
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
DFID
Department for International Development (UK)
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DUP
Democratic Unionist Party
ECOMOG
ECOWAS Monitoring Group
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EISA
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa
EMB
Electoral management body
ESPA
El Salvador Peace Agreement
EU
European Union
FAES
Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (Armed Forces of El Salvador)
FLP
Fiji Labour Party
FMLN
Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberacion Nacional
(Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, El Salvador)
FPTP
First Past The Post
FRELIMO
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique)
GBP
British pound (£)
GFA
Good Friday Agreement
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeiciency syndrome/Acquired immunodeiciency syndrome
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ICG
International Crisis Group
ICGL
International Contact Group on Liberia
IEC
Independent Electoral Commission (Lesotho)
INP
Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia)
IPA
Interim Political Authority (Lesotho)
IRA
Irish Republican Army
JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Sri Lanka)
LCD
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
LRA
Lord’s Resistance Army
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka)
LURD
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
MDC
Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)
MFP
Marematlou Freedom Party (Lesotho)
MICAH
Mission Civile d’Appui en Haiti (Civilian Support Mission in Haiti)
MICIVIH
Mission Internationale Civile en Haïti (International Civilian Mission in Haiti)
MINUSTAH
Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti
(UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti)
MMP
Mixed Member Proportional
MNR
Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Movement) (Bolivia)
MODEL
Movement for Democracy in Liberia
MP
Member of Parliament
MTP
Marema-Tlou Party (Lesotho)
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NRM
National Resistance Movement (Uganda)
OAS
Organization of American States
OAU
Organization of African Unity
ONUSAL
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PA
People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka)
PN
Policia Nacional (National Police, El Salvador)
PNC
Policia Nacional Civil (National Civil Police, El Salvador)
PNH
Police Nationale d’Haïti (Haitian National Police)
PR
Proportional representation
PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSNI
Police Service of Northern Ireland
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Post Tsunami Operational Management Structure (Sri Lanka)
RENAMO
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance)
RSLAF
Royal Sierra Leonean Armed Forces
RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
RUF
Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone)
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SDLP
Social Democratic Labour Party
SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
SNTV
Single Non-Transferable Vote
SRSG
Special representative of the (UN) secretary-general
SSR
Security sector reconstruction
SSR
Security sector reform
STV
Single Transferable Vote
TNI
Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Military)
TSE
Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Tribunal) (El Salvador)
TWEA
Trading With the Enemy Act (USA, 1917)
UK
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UNAMSIL
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNMIH
United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNP
United National Party (Sri Lanka)
USD
US dollar
UUP
Ulster Unionist Party
VLV
Christian Democrat Alliance (Fiji)
ZANU/PF
Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Judith Large and Timothy D. Sisk
he notions of both democracy and security are severely contested in the new millennium.
Contrary to the post-cold war optimism which followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in
989, the promise of ‘democracy’ worldwide remains a distant possibility, and ‘hot
wars’ continue, at times informed by newly framed international justiication and
intervention, as relected in debates on ‘pre-emptive’ action. Likewise, there are tensions
between traditional concerns with state security and new-found emphasis on ‘human
security’ as a more compelling, or at least complementary, notion. International IDEA’s
‘Confronting 2st Century Challenges’ project in 2004–2005 invited debate about and
scrutiny of what had changed since the mid-990s and an appraisal of experience in
democratic transition in relation to peace building and development. Why was there
documented disillusionment with new democracies? What had changed since the fall of
dictatorships in Latin America, and peace settlements intent on democratic frameworks,
such as the Dayton and Belfast agreements? How were democratic systems in Africa,
Asia, the Caucasus or Latin America perceived by their populations? What trends in
assistance to democracy building were perceived as positive or negative?
he answer to a wide-ranging consultative exercise was a clear message that the focus
should be on two key areas: the legitimacy of democracy assistance in the light of the
fact that democratization can in inself be conlict-inducing, and the relationship between
democratic systems and human security. here was a message that democracy as a political
form cannot be imposed from the basis of external needs or by an external actor. It
must be desired by and directed from social actors inside a society. Moreover, the test
of its internal credibility and sustainability will be whether it can ‘deliver’ human
development to the population who are its citizens.
his book, a companion volume to Democracy, Conlict and Human Security: Pursuing
Peace in the 21st Century, contains speciic studies which were contributed to the debate,
from diverse experiences and contexts. his volume complements and enriches the irst
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volume in two ways: by providing perspectives by leading scholars, analysts and policy
makers, and by ofering a more in-depth look at critical themes and case studies.
In section , ‘Democracy and Human Security: Essential Linkages’ by Todd Landman
expands on the notion of human security as a signiicant paradigm shift in the ways
in which security is conceived, the way in which policies for its protection may be
formulated, and the diferent ways in which it may be related to democracy:
By grounding the concept in the individual, the concept of human security challenges
the hegemony of state-centric approaches to analysing security problems and policies
designed to alleviate them. In using the ideas of freedom from fear and freedom
from want, which parallel concerns over personal integrity and personal dignity,
the notion of human security adds many more dimensions to the security agenda
that overlap with other policy agendas in the ields of development, democracy and
human rights (Landman: 21–2).
Landman explores how democratic institutions ‘understood in their fullest sense’ can
contribute to the exercise of human agency and the protection of human security. In
particular he identiies the importance of having in place institutions for accountability
(vertical and horizontal), for constraint and representation—themes which run
throughout the studies in their particular contexts.
One arena which demonstrates these linkages to the full is Bolivia, where critical human
security issues of poverty, exclusion, distribution, representation and participation have
proved to be the litmus test for democracy. Altough declared a showcase for the smooth
implementation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) reforms in the 990s with
‘capitalized’ (privatized) state industries in oil and gas, telecommunications, electricity,
the railways and airlines, marginal economic growth did not translate demonstrably
into meaningful development. he failure of economic policies to deliver poverty
reduction, and their exacerbation of profoundly entrenched inequality in the country,
led to a backlash and divisions which pushed the country to the brink, seemingly, of
civil war. Bolivia today is symbolic in some ways of broader trends and concerns in the
Americas with the shortcomings of democracy.
Water privatization in Cochabamba was revoked in 2000 after riots in protest. In
October 200, 6 people were killed by troops under the government of Gonzalo
Sánchez de Lozada, in protests calling for nationalization of Bolivia’s hydrocarbons (gas
and oil). Sánchez de Lozada was forced to lee. In 2005 residents of El Alto (following
the earlier precedent) forced the government to end the contract with the privatized
water utility, due to rising water prices and its failure to extend the water and sewerage
network to many residents. Renewed protests at natural gas nationalization brought the
country to a standstill for three weeks. General elections in December 2005 brought in
a government with populist policies and a redistribution agenda, in response to mass
discontent and historical inequalities. Severe tests still await Bolivia, not least managing
devolution policies amid competing claims for autonomy and more. George Gray
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In Bolivia, as in apartheid-era South Africa, Nepal in the 990s and, currently, in Aceh
and West Papua, Israel and Palestine, popular needs for recognition, for rights, and
for development and human security take on political force when unmet over time.
Responses to enduring structural inequalities will relect strongly in the perceived
legitimacy of government. Popular movements, as in the case of the indigenous peoples
of Latin America, can be forces for democratization.
Section 2, ‘Democratization after the Cold War: Managing Turbulent Transitions’,
traces patterns of democratization particularly the 990s and 2000s, the role of social
mobilization and politics for setting the human security agenda, democratization
as conlict-inducing, and ‘transition’ indings relevant for policy today. Reg Austin
draws on earlier experience of the liberation wars in Africa when tracking approaches
to democracy assistance from the 99 Lancaster House Agreement on Zimbabwe to
recent developments in Afghanistan. Arifah Rahmawati and Najib Azca give their
irst-hand account and analysis of multi-level work in Indonesia’s new democracy, in
‘Police Reform from Below: Examples from Indonesia’s Transition to Democracy’.
hey examine the outbreak of localized violent conlict and consider the ‘pyramid of
power in New Order Indonesia with civil–military links’. Rahmawati and Azca explore
the key areas of participation and local ownership in reform processes. he Indonesia
experience has broad implications for considering approaches to multi-level participation
and security sector reform in transitional situations.
Section , ‘Democratic Practice: Managing Power, Identity and Diference’, explores
key principles and features that facilitate conlict management, with measures for social
inclusion as a key theme. Andrew Ellis examines ‘Dilemmas in Representation and
Political Identity’ with a sharp eye to the politics of identity, leadership, electoral choice
and electoral system design. Feargal Cochrane’s study ‘Stop-Go Democracy: he
Peace Process in Northern Ireland Revisited’ ofers lessons in both the opportunities
and the pitfalls of power-sharing arrangements. Khabele Matlosa presents a case study
of efective violence reduction and conlict mitigation in ‘Electoral System Design and
Conlict Mitigation: he Case of Lesotho’. Gurpreet Mahajan expands further on the
the critical areas of balancing majority prerogatives and minority rights, electoral and
institutional design, and consensus building in divided or diverse societies in her study
on ‘Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in India’.
Security crises may be used as a justiication for suspension of democratic processes,
in both North and South. ‘When Democracy Falters’ is the theme of section 4. In
this section, the need for constitutional and procedural safeguards for accountable
balance of power, and the critical dimension of honouring international human rights
conventions, are examined by both Aziz Z. Huq in ‘Democratic Norms, Human Rights
and States of Emergency: Lessons from the Experience of Four Countries’, and Judith
Large’s ‘Democracy and Terrorism: the Impact of the Anti’.
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