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War and the crisis of youth in Sierra Leone /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | International African library ;
41. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Tongo in a Time of War
- Three Explanations of the Conflict
- 'New Barbarism, or 'the Apocalyptic View
- Greed, Not Grievance
- State Collapse and a Pent-Up Rebellion of Youth
- Defining the Problem and the Solution
- Chapter Overview
- 1 Voices from the Battlefield: Ex-Combatants' Views on Root Causes of the War and Their Reasons for Participation
- Introduction
- RUF Ex-Combatants
- SLA/AFRC Ex-Combatants
- CDF/Kamajoisia Ex-Combatants
- Discussion
- 2 The Socio-Economic Crisis of Rural Youth
- Introduction
- The Making and Collapse of the State in Sierra Leone
- Slaves and Ex-Slaves
- From Crown Colony to Protectorate
- Political Parties Emerge
- Patrimonial Politics Takes Shape
- APC Oppression
- An Economic Tragedy
- The Patrimonial System Collapses
- The Making and Functioning of Rural Societies in Sierra Leone
- Settler Patterns
- Primitive Accumulation and Domestic Slavery
- Elite Control over Means of Production and Reproduction
- Neither Citizens Nor Subjects: The Political Marginalisation of Youth
- Survival Strategies for Marginalised Youth
- Discussion
- 3 Conflict in Sierra Leone and Recruits to the War
- The Beginning
- Youth in Power
- The Kamajoisia
- And Another Coup
- Towards Final Peace
- 4 The World of the RUF
- Introduction
- Strategies of Bonding
- Conscription
- Loyalty through Punishment and Rewards
- Loyalty through Isolation
- Loyalty to the Leader
- Loyalty through Socialisation
- Meritocratic Principles
- The Interior World of the RUF
- The Bush Camps
- The 'Green Revolution
- Farming in the 'Liberated Zones
- Mining Under the RUF
- Free Education and Health Care
- Rules and Regulations in the RUF
- The RUF's Ideology: 'Drastic Fundamental Change?
- Military and Ideology Training in the RUF
- Mechanisms in the RUF to Monitor the Behaviour of its Fighters and Civilians
- The 'People's Court: Punishment in the RUF
- 5 Malfunctions and Atrocities
- Introduction
- The Erosion of RUF Ideology
- External Factors
- The Liberian Special Forces (19912)
- The Rise of Hunter-Based Civil Defence (19945)
- The AFRC (19979)
- Internal Factors
- Failing Reporting Mechanisms
- Bodyguards
- Native and Non-Native Rebels
- Unpunished Ruthlessness
- Meritocracy and Age
- Liberated Areas and Frontlines
- Terror as Performance: How the RUF Prepared for Battle
- Conclusion
- 6 Cultivating Peace: RUF Ex-Combatants Involvement in Post-War Agricultural Projects
- Introduction
- The Projects
- GTZ Tongo
- NADA Blama
- BANSAL Robol Junction
- RADO Makeni
- KADO Makeni
- Discussion
- 7 Footpaths to Reintegration? Agrarian Solutions for the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants
- A Crisis Denied
- Making Agricultural Packages Central
- The Need for Agricultural Training Projects
- Individual and Collective Farming Opportunities
- Access to Land and Labour
- Towards a New Approach to Agricultural Training
- 8 Conclusion: The RUF as a Rural Underclass Project
- Introduction
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