The demand for small arms and light weapons in Senegal

Thesis

Most scholarly research and international policy initiatives on small arms control (SALW) tend to focus exclusively on the supply side of arms control, while the demand side for small arms remains relatively unexplored. The general assumption is that by regulating the international and regional supply of SALW, and by preventing and tracking the illicit flow that drift into the open markets, armed violence can be reduced. However, empirical evidence suggests that attempts to control and red...

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Authors: Chang, P

• Publication date: 2009
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-yeb1vyzpa
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: human security; West Africa; peacebuilding; conflict; small arms; disarmament
• Subjects: Governance in Africa; Small arms (refugees); Political science; War (politics); Ethnic minorities and ethnicity; Social Sciences; Violence (refugees); Human security; Statistics (social sciences); Civil society; Political ideologies; Conflict