ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the development of, and experience with, efforts to enhance governance and control of SALW in countries emerging from armed conflict, particularly from civil wars. It thus focuses on a key aspect of the development of governance systems examined by Greene and Marsh (in Chapter 10). By SALW governance, we mean the (multi-level) norms, institutions and social processes that collectively shape, constrain, regulate or control SALW flows, stocks, availability and uses. The chapter also follows on directly from the examination of arms and violence in post-conflict contexts by Kreutz, Marsh and Torre (Chapter 5 in this volume), which presents a vivid account of the high levels of SALW flows and availability that are typical in such contexts, and the challenging patterns of risk and misuse these present to efforts to promote peace and security.
