Security Sector Reform, Militarisation and Gender Relations in Uganda
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African politics
Author_Maike Messerschmidt
authoritarianism and moral politics
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conflict
critical military studies
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feminism
feminist analysis
feminist criticism
gender
gender and politics
militarisation
peacebuilding
practice theory
Security sector reform (SSR)
security studies
Uganda
Ugandan politics
violence
Product details
- ISBN 9781399545235
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book applies a critical-feminist perspective to the question of how security sector reform (SSR) interacts with militarisation and gender relations. Based on an in-depth empirical analysis of SSR in Uganda, the book argues that in a militarising context, SSR is likely to reinforce militarisation and the corresponding essentialised gender relations. Centring qualitative interview material, the book shows that in Uganda, SSR benefits political and social elites, while women, minorities and the political opposition, rather than benefiting from improvements in the justice and security sectors, remain marginalised and oppressed. External actors must accept partial yet significant responsibility for these developments as they supported, financed and legitimised many of the reforms. Based on these insights, the book pushes for and positions itself as part of a new generation of SSR practice and research.
Maike Messerschmidt is Lecturer and Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Studies, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
