Child soldiers as time bombs? : Adolescents' participation in rebel groups and the recurrence of armed conflict

Haer, Roos; Böhmelt, Tobias

Child soldiers as time bombs? : Adolescents' participation in rebel groups and the recurrence of armed conflict

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2016

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Haer, Roos

Böhmelt, Tobias

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066115581910

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Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

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European Journal of International Relations. 2016, 22(2), pp. 408-436. ISSN 1354-0661. eISSN 1460-3713. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1354066115581910

Zusammenfassung

The existent work on child soldiering began only recently to systematically study its consequences, both theoretically and empirically. The following article seeks to contribute to this by examining the impact of rebels’ child soldier recruitment practices during war on the risk of armed conflict recurrence in post-conflict societies. We argue that child soldiering in a previous dispute may increase both the willingness and opportunity to resume fighting in the post-conflict period, while disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes could decrease these aspects of conflict recurrence. Empirically, we analyse time-series cross-section data on post-conflict country-years between 1989 and 2005. The findings highlight that the risk of conflict recurrence does, indeed, increase with child soldiers who fought in an earlier dispute, but — counter-intuitively — is unlikely to be affected by the presence of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in post-conflict societies. This research has important implications for the study of armed conflicts, child soldiering and research on post-conflict stability.

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320 Politik

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Child soldiers, conflict recurrence, disarmament demobilization and reintegration programmes, post-conflict stability

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HAER, Roos, Tobias BÖHMELT, 2016. Child soldiers as time bombs? : Adolescents' participation in rebel groups and the recurrence of armed conflict. In: European Journal of International Relations. 2016, 22(2), pp. 408-436. ISSN 1354-0661. eISSN 1460-3713. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1354066115581910

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  number={2},
  volume={22},
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  journal={European Journal of International Relations},
  pages={408--436},
  author={Haer, Roos and Böhmelt, Tobias}
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