Understanding Influence: The Use of Statebuilding Research in British Policy PDF
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Understanding inflUence This page has been left blank intentionally Understanding Influence The Use of Statebuilding Research in British Policy tHOMas WaldMan University of York, UK sUltan BaraKat The Brookings Institution, USA, and University of York, UK andrea VariscO University of York, UK © Thomas Waldman, Sultan Barakat and Andrea Varisco 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Thomas Waldman, Sultan Barakat and Andrea Varisco has asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East 110 Cherry Street Union Road Suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, VT 05401-3818 Surrey, GU9 7PT USA England www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for ISBN 9781472427571 (hbk) ISBN 9781472427588 (ebk – PDF) ISBN 9781472427595 (ebk – ePUB) V Printed in the United Kingdom by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester, DT1 1HD Contents List of Tables and Figures vii List of Acronyms ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 PART I BAckgRound 2 Fixing Fragility: Statebuilding in International Perspective 27 3 The Quiet Revolution: Approaches to Research Management 45 4 Brick by Brick: The Evolution of British Statebuilding Policy and Research Use 57 PART II AnAlysIs 5 Quantitative Findings 77 6 Elite Evidence: A Case Study on Political Settlements Research Use 101 7 Grounded Theory: The Dynamics of Research Use in Afghanistan, Nepal and Sierra Leone 133 8 Retracing Our Steps: Backward Tracking Research in British Security Sector Reform Policy in Sierra Leone 159 PART III synThesIs 9 Dimensions of Influence and Uptake 193 10 Cumulative Influence 205 11 Conclusion 211 vi Understanding Influence Annex I: Mapping Research and Policy 217 Annex II: Case Study Country Selection 229 Bibliography 235 Index 255 List of Tables and Figures Tables 5.1 The influence of research by type 89 9.1 Uptake dimensions and issues 200 9.2 Force-field analysis 201 Figures 1.1 Revised Payback model of the research and policy process 18 8.1 British-led SSR programmes in Sierra Leone 161 10.1 Cumulative influence 206 This page has been left blank intentionally List of Acronyms 3D Defence, Diplomacy and Development ASJP Access to Security and Justice Programme BMATT British Military Advisory and Training Team BPB Bilateral Programme Budget BPSS Building Peaceful States and Societies BSOS Building Stability Overseas Strategy CAR Capability, Accountability, Responsiveness CCSSP Commonwealth Community Safety and Security Project CIC Center for International Cooperation CPDTF Commonwealth Police Development Task Force CPEs Country Programme Evaluations CPIA Country Policy and Institutional Assessment CPR Country Performance Rating CPRC Chronic Poverty Research Centre CRISE Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity CSDG Conflict, Security & Development Group DAT Defence Advisory Team DCAF Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCDC Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre DDR Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration DfID Department for International Development DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo ESID Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre ESRC Economic and Social Research Council EvD Evaluation Department FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office GFN-SSR Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform GSDRC Governance and Social Development Resource Centre HMG Her Majesty’s Government ICG International Crisis Group ICISS International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty IDS Institute of Development Studies IMATT International Military Advisory Training Team IMF International Monetary Fund INCAF International Network on Conflict and Fragility ISAF International Security Assistance Force JACS Joint Assessment for Conflict and Stability
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