National Ownership and Security Sector Reform in Mali: External Actors' Sensemaking and Field Practices in View of Conflicting Demands - Softcover

Eickhoff, Karoline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3658291591 ISBN 13: 9783658291594

Publisher: Springer VS, 2020

Synopsis

Karoline Eickhoff provides an in-depth analysis of the role that national ownership as a key policy principle of international development and peacebuilding plays in shaping the discourses and practices of external interventions in the context of the peace process in Mali. Engaging critically with the day-to-day work experience and perceptions of practitioners working on supporting the reform of the Malian security sector in 2015-2016,the author explores how external actors ‘make sense’ of an abstract policy model vis-à-vis other organisational demands and constraints arising at the field level. This book concludes with policy recommendations on how the gap between ownership policy and external actors’ field-level practices can be addressed.

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About the Author

After completing her PhD thesis at Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Dr. Karoline Eickhoff currently works for the Berghof Foundation. Previously, she worked in development cooperation in Pakistan and South Sudan.

From the Back Cover

Karoline Eickhoff provides an in-depth analysis of the role that national ownership as a key policy principle of international development and peacebuilding plays in shaping the discourses and practices of external interventions in the context of the peace process in Mali. Engaging critically with the day-to-day work experience and perceptions of practitioners working on supporting the reform of the Malian security sector in 2015-2016,the author explores how external actors ‘make sense’ of an abstract policy model vis-à-vis other organisational demands and constraints arising at the field level. This book concludes with policy recommendations on how the gap between ownership policy and external actors’ field-level practices can be addressed.

Contents

• Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Mali 

• Organisational Sensemaking of National Ownership

• Organisational Responses to Conflicting Demands 

• Operationalisationof Policy Models 

• Logics of Appropriateness

Target Groups

• Scholars and students of international relations, development studies, peace and security studies 

• Practitioners and policymakers in the fields of aid, development and peacebuilding

The Author 

After completing her PhD thesis at Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Dr. Karoline Eickhoff currently works for the Berghof Foundation. Previously, she worked in development cooperation in Pakistan and South Sudan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer VS
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658291591
• ISBN 13: 9783658291594
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308