Books by Alpaslan Ozerdem

This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement.

By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identifies key themes and case studies, this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments. Seeing 'fixing' agriculture as more than merely a technical matter, the volume focuses on this critical post-conflict challenge with social.

Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which development practitioners operate. This text assesses the use of participatory methods as a research tool in the contexts of development and reconstruction after conflict and disasters.

In countries affected by war, the cessation of hostilities inevitably produces a large number of demobilised combatants. The failure to respond to the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of such former combatants can cause high levels of insecurity. This book provides the comparative analysis of DDR.