Recruitment : A critique of contemporary research on child soldiering
Master thesis
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Sammendrag
Child soldiering is the reality in several historic and contemporary conflicts, and there
are numerous case studies and theories discussing the causes and consequences of this
phenomenon. In this paper, I critique three of these theories through a comparison with
descriptions of conflicts in Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Uganda and statistical data from the
World Bank Databank. I argue more studies need to be conducted, using a mixed methods
framework, to grasp the phenomenon more accurately and to allow research to contribute in
prevention of future child soldiering.