Democratization and Human Security in Postwar Sierra Leone (eBook)

Marda Mustapha is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the College of Saint Rose, USA with expertise in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His research interests include African Politics, Conflict Studies, Democracy in Africa, Governance, Global Political Economy and Global Politics broadly defined. Mustapha has published numerous peer reviewed articles on conflict, health and peace. He is also a member of the Institute of Governance Reform a Think Tank in Sierra Leone and with a consulting partner of The Economic Forum, a development and policy consulting firm also in Sierra Leone.Joseph J. Bangura is Associate Professor of History and Director of the African Studies Program at Kalamazoo College, USA. His research interests include African Intellectual and Urban History, State Security and Governance in Africa. Bangura has published numerous peer reviewed works on various aspects of colonial and contemporary Sierra Leone including, security and peace building, identity formation, gender and commerce and Islam in colonial Freetown.

Introduction: Democratization and Human Security in Sierra Leone: An Introduction; Marda Mustapha1. Constitutional Development and Ethnic Entrepreneurism in Sierra Leone: A Historical Perspective;Joseph J. Bangura2. Chieftaincy Reform and Liberal Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone; Joseph Lansana Kormoh3. Reconciling Police Reform and Local Security Provision in Post-conflict Sierra Leone; Freida Ibiduni M'Cormack, James B.M. Vincent and Joseph P. Chris Charley4. Diasporic States; Mariane Ferme5. The 2012 General Elections in Sierra Leone: Democratic Consolidation or Semi-authoritarian Regime; Marda Mustapha6. The NGOization of Civil Society in Sierra Leone – a thin dividing line between empowerment and disempowerment;Diana Szántó7. Civil Society and Democratized Peace in Post-War Sierra Leone; Vandy Kanyako8. Critical Examination of Food Security-Insecurity in Post-War Sierra Leone; Earl Conteh-Morgan9. Promises and Pitfalls of the Free Health Care Initiative in Sierra Leone: An Early Analysis; Fredline A. O. M'Cormack-Hale and Fredanna A. D. M'Cormack10.Corruption and the 2014 EVD Crisis in Sierra Leone: Ebola as 'Total Disease'; Jenise R. DePintoConclusion: The Interface Between Democratization and Human security; Joseph J. Bangura