EDITORIAL Consolidating democratic civilmilitary relations FEATURES THE MILITARY, CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA Prospects for the future Lee M Habasonda INTEGRATION OR ABSORPTION? The creation of the South African National Defence Force, 1993 to 1999 Rocky Williams AFRICA WATCH SECURITY SECTOR PLANNING IN AFRICA Military force as a public good Eric Bonnemaison SECURITY BRIEF TRENDS AND MARKERS Recent data, statistics and indicators ESSAYS ORGANISING THE BLUES Police labour relations in Southern Africa Monique Marks THE PLACE OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION IN THE NEW AFRICAN DISPENSATION Robert Eno THE IRRATIONALITY OF SOUTH AFRICAS MILITARY EXPENDITURE Geoff Harris COMMENTARY PROTECTING A GENERATION AT WAR The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict Angela McIntyre DOES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETER? Martin Schönteich BOOK REVIEWS CHILDREN OF AIDS Africas orphan crisis Emma Guest RAINBOW VICE The drugs and sex industries in the new South Africa Ted Leggett RE-DEFINING LEGITIMATE STATEHOOD International law and state fragmentation in Africa Obiora Chinedu Okafor HUNGRY FOR TRADE How the poor pay for free trade John Madeley Price | Subscribe