Why Do Children Fight? Motivations and the Mode of Recruitment
Book Chapter
Gates, Scott (2011) Why Do Children Fight? Motivations and the Mode of Recruitment, in Özerdem, Alpaslan; & Sukanya Podder, eds, Child Soldiers: from Recruitment to Reintegration. Palgrave Macmillan (29–49).
Why do children join and stay in armed military groups?
The factors that induce a child to join an armed military group are different than the factors that keep an adolescent in such a group. This article examines the organizational mechanisms that affect the recruitment and retention of child soldiers.
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