ISBN:
1107004195
,
9781107004191
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 274 Seiten
Series Statement:
International African Library 41
Series Statement:
International African library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Peters, Krijn War and the crisis of youth in Sierra Leone
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Peters, Krijn War and the crisis of youth in Sierra Leone
DDC:
966.404
Keywords:
Revolutionary United Front History
;
Children and war
;
Youth Social conditions
;
Rural development
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Guerilla
;
Kind
;
Soldat
;
Jugend
;
Konflikt
;
Auswirkung
;
Abrüstung
;
Demobilmachung
;
Reintegration
;
Repatriierung
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Entwicklungsprojekt
;
Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002
;
Participation, Juvenile
;
Sierra Leone Rural conditions
;
Sierra Leone History Civil War, 1991-2002
;
Social aspects
;
Sierra Leone
;
Sierra Leone
;
Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone
;
Revolutionary United Front
;
Landjugend
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kind
;
Soldat
Abstract:
"The armed conflict in Sierra Leone and the extreme violence of the main rebel faction - the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) - have challenged scholars and members of the international community to come up with explanations. Up to this point, though, conclusions about the nature of the war are mainly drawn from accounts of civilian victims and commentators who had access to only one side of the war. The present study addresses this currently incomplete understanding of the conflict by focusing on the direct experiences and interpretations of protagonists, paying special attention to the hitherto neglected, and often underage, cadres of the RUF. The data presented challenges the widely canvassed notion of the Sierra Leone conflict as a war motivated by 'greed, not grievance'. Rather, it points to a rural crisis expressed in terms of unresolved tensions between landowners and marginalized rural youth, further reinforced and triggered by a collapsing patrimonial state"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"The armed conflict in Sierra Leone and the extreme violence of the main rebel faction - the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) - have challenged scholars and members of the international community to come up with explanations. Up to this point, though, conclusions about the nature of the war are mainly drawn from accounts of civilian victims and commentators who had access to only one side of the war. The present study addresses this currently incomplete understanding of the conflict by focusing on the direct experiences and interpretations of protagonists, paying special attention to the hitherto neglected, and often underage, cadres of the RUF. The data presented challenges the widely canvassed notion of the Sierra Leone conflict as a war motivated by 'greed, not grievance'. Rather, it points to a rural crisis expressed in terms of unresolved tensions between landowners and marginalized rural youth, further reinforced and triggered by a collapsing patrimonial state"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Voices from the battlefield: ex-combatants' views on root causes of the war and their reasons for participation -- 2. The socio-economic crisis of rural youth -- 3. Conflict in Sierra Leone and recruits to the war -- 4. The world of the RUF -- 5. Malfunctions and atrocities -- 6. Cultivating peace: RUF ex-combatants' involvement in post-war agricultural projects -- 7. Footpaths to reintegration?: agrarian solutions for the reintegration of ex-combatants -- 8. Conclusion: the RUF as a rural underclass project.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index
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