Format:
XV, 274 Seiten
ISBN:
1107004195
,
9781107004191
Series Statement:
International African Library 41
Content:
"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
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index
,
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.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Peters, Krijn War and the crisis of youth in Sierra Leone London : International African Institute, 2011 ISBN 9780511976896
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Peters, Krijn War and the crisis of youth in Sierra Leone Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 1283012014
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781283012010
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511860232
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511858499
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Sierra Leone
;
Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone
;
Revolutionary United Front
;
Landjugend
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kind
;
Soldat
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