Research Handbook on Child SoldiersMark A. Drumbl, Jastine C. Barrett Child soldiers remain poorly understood and inadequately protected, despite significant media attention and many policy initiatives. This Research Handbook aims to redress this troubling gap. It offers a reflective, fresh and nuanced review of the complex issue of child soldiering. The Handbook brings together scholars from six continents, diverse experiences, and a broad range of disciplines. Along the way, it unpacks the life-cycle of youth and militarization: from recruitment to demobilization to return to civilian life. The overarching aim of the Handbook is to render the invisible visible – the contributions map the unmapped and chart new directions. Challenging prevailing assumptions and conceptions, the Research Handbook on Child Soldiers focuses on adversity but also capacity: emphasising the resilience, humanity, and potentiality of children affected (rather than ‘afflicted’) by armed conflict. |
Contents
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The Concept and Construction of the Child Soldier | 27 |
1 In search of the lost kingdom of childhood | 28 |
the Colombian case | 52 |
3 The construction of gender in child soldiering in the Special Court for Sierra Leone | 74 |
sexual violence experienced by boys | 95 |
exploring alternative legal frameworks that are more sensitive to the agency of children and young people in armed conflict | 110 |
children and British military recruitment | 132 |
a template for more robust action on children and armed conflict? | 279 |
accountability beyond child soldiering in the Democratic Republic of Congo | 298 |
an argument for coherence | 325 |
unqualified perpetrators erratic witnesses and irreparable victims? | 350 |
problematizing definitional boundaries and exploring the possibilities of socialization | 374 |
18 Child soldiers and asylum duality or dilemma? | 390 |
AfterworldSAfterwards Transitional Justice and Beyond | 408 |
child soldiers and reintegration rituals in northern Uganda | 409 |
Conduct Agency Capacity and Resilience | 149 |
creating a space for datadriven analysis | 150 |
8 The voiceless child soldiers of Afghanistan | 175 |
the role of children in terrorist groups | 195 |
a report from southern Philippines | 217 |
a case study of northern Uganda | 240 |
how former child soldier young mothers use symbolic resources | 258 |
Encounters with the Law | 278 |
20 Child agency and resistance to discourses within the Paris Principles in rehabilitation and reintegration processes of former child soldiers in northe... | 436 |
disassociation protection accountability and reintegration | 452 |
how reintegration programmes for former child soldiers can cause unintended harm | 471 |
23 How to find the hidden girl soldier? Two sets of suggestions arising from Liberia | 493 |
Epilogue | 512 |
from a recognition of complexity to an ethics of engagement | 513 |
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