Bosnia: The postwar moment: Lessons from Bosnia Herzegovina

From: Women & Environments International Magazine | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

A postwar moment is one of promise - but too often of missed opportunities. So long as there is war or threat of war, heavy militarization and pre-occupation with security strategies can be justified. Every kind of progressive social or economic policy and development in that society may be held hostage. Not now - later!

A postwar moment is the time when policy can diversify again. There may be policy moves on several fronts at once, demobilization, the reconstructions of the economy, the shift from emergency services to social rehabilitation, the reconstruction of state, political structures ...

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