Krijn Peters

War and the Crisis of Youth in Sierra Leone

Herausgeber: Kitchen, Stephanie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addresses the incomplete understanding of the conflict in Sierra Leone by focusing on the direct experiences and interpretations of protagonists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781107004191
• ISBN-10: 1107004195
• Artikelnr.: 31780686

Autorenporträt

Krijn Peters, a rural development sociologist by background, is a lecturer in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University, Wales. He specializes in armed conflict and post-war reconstruction, focusing primarily on the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers and youthful combatants. Dr Peters is the co-author of War and Children (2009) and a Visiting Fellow at VU University, Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
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
Epilogue
Annex I: a chronology
Annex II: overview interviewed ex-RUF combatants.