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child soldiers in the age of fractured states
current global estimates of children engaged in warfare range from 200 000 to 300 000 . childrens roles in conflict range from armed and active participants to spies cooks messengers and sex slaves . child soldiers in the age of fractured states examines the factors that contribute to the use of children in war the effects of war upon children and the perpetual cycle of warfare that engulfs many of the worlds poorest nations . br the contributors seek to eliminate myths of historic or culture based violence and instead look to common traits of chronic poverty and vulnerable populations . individual essays examine topics such as the legal and ethical aspects of child soldiering ; internal un debates over enforcement of child protection policies ; economic factors ; increased access to small arms ; displaced populations ; resource endowments ; forced government conscription ; rebel enforced quota systems ; motivational techniques employed in recruiting children ; and the role of girls in conflict . br the contributors also offer viable policies to reduce the recruitment of child soldiers such as the protection of refugee camps by outside forces naming and shaming and criminal prosecution by international tribunals . finally they focus on ways to reintegrate former child soldiers into civil society in the aftermath of war .
paperback university of pittsburgh press 2009 isbn13 9780822960294 isbn10 082296029x
abridged n isbn 13 9780822960294 number in series 1 number of pages 310 publisher univ of pittsburgh pr release date 62135769600000 series title the security continuumz global politics in the modern age