Ellen Furnari & Randy Janzen 
Unarmed Civilian Protection 
A New Paradigm for Protection and Human Security

The frequent failure of military or armed interventions to protect civilians is well known. This edited collection provides a comprehensive account of a different, effective paradigm: unarmed civilian protection (UCP).
The principles and methods of UCP have been used for many decades to protect both specific, threatened individuals as well as whole communities. Featuring contributions from around the world, this book brings together a wide range of UCP practices in order to examine their underlying theory and interrelated strategies.
The book provides an important illustration of the contributions UCP can make, while also discussing its limitations and failures.

Table of Content

1. Introduction – Ellen Furnari
2. How Does UCP Protect Without Weapons? – M. S. Wallace
3. A Typology for the Various UCP Practices – Randy Janzen
4. UCP and Conflict Transformation – Christine Schweitzer
5. The Temporal and Embodied Construction of Space and UCP – Louise Ridden
6. Unarmed Civilian Protection: Security or Humanitarian Aid? – John Reuwer
7. Relational Strategies: Contested Approaches to Relationships in UCP – Felicity Gray
8. Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): Exploring the Challenge for Political Science – Cécile Dubernet
9. Gender and Care in Unarmed Civilian Protection – Derek Oakley
10. Unarmed Civilian Protection and Nonviolence With Attention to Sub-Saharan Africa – Moses Monday John
11. Transforming Armed Policing in the US: Contributions From Unarmed Civilian Protection Models – Eli Mc Carthy
12. Protecting Former Perpetrators? Expanding the Concept of UCP/A through an Exploration of Violence in the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Colombia – Beatriz Arias López, Berit Bliesemann De Guevara and Laura Jiménez Ospina
13. Unarmed Civilian Protection: Impact on Strengthening Civilian Capacities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – Jeyamurugan Vyappareddiyar
14. Conclusion – Ellen Furnari and Randy Janzen

About the author

Rosemary Kabaki serves as the Head of Mission at Nonviolent Peaceforce in Myanmar.