African peacekeeping training centres: socialisation as a tool for peace?

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Clarifying terminologies -- Theoretical considerations: debates on norm diffusion and socialisation -- Insights from military ethics education -- The evolution of peace support operations and its consequences for peacekeeping training -- African conflict management -- The peacekeeping training structure -- Outline of the book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Expanded peacekeeping training needs: demands posed by the normative and tactical dimensions of today's missions -- Liberal peace and peace support operations: inseparable? -- The limitations of liberal peace and new conceptual debates -- The nature of the African state and threats to its security -- Challenges for peacekeepers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Peacekeeping training centres in Africa and their training efforts: the cases of KAIPTC and ACCORD -- The case studies: methodological insights -- Organisational features of KAIPTC and ACCORD's peacekeeping training -- KAIPTC and ACCORD's training settings and development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 African peacekeeping training centres as bridges between doctrine and action? -- Doctrine and action embedded in training efforts -- Doctrine and action embedded in the character of the institutions -- African ownership and Africanisation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 Peacekeeping training as a form of socialisation -- Attitudinal and behavioural change through training in the security sector -- Addressing the everyday in the classroom -- Training realities at KAIPTC and ACCORD viewed through the socialisation lens -- 1 Training content and delivery -- 2 The competencies of training staff -- 3 Teacher-student dynamics

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Clarifying terminologies; Theoretical considerations: debates on norm diffusion and socialisation; Insights from military ethics education; The evolution of peace support operations and its consequences for peacekeeping training; African conflict management; The peacekeeping training structure; Outline of the book; Notes; Bibliography.

Peacekeeping training centres play a crucial role in preparing peacekeepers for their deployment. However, despite their popularity within the international community as a tool for achieving international security, development, and state-building objectives, they have not received a great deal of analysis or academic attention. This book provides an in-depth analysis of peacekeeping training in Africa, tracing how centres have adapted to the operational and normative changes of peace operations over time and raising questions about the expectations attached to these training efforts and their impact. The book examines training content and methods in detail, exploring the potential of peacekeeping training centres as sites for socialisation and diffusing international norms in an effort to change and shape peacekeepers' behaviour. The analysis is based on two contrasting case studies, selected to show the spectrum of training centres operating in Africa, namely the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana, and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in Durban, South Africa. At a time when impact is being determined by the number of course attendees, this book provides an important critical assessment of training efforts and what they are supposed to achieve. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners within the fields of international security, peacekeeping, and African development.