The children of war : child soldiers as victims and participants in the Sudan Civil War / Christine Emily Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Christine (Christine Emily)

Series:

International library of African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child soldiers--Sudan.

Child soldiers.

History.

Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Children.

Sudan.

Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005.

Physical Description:

viii, 273 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Sudan Conflict History 8

Second Civil War 1983-2005 11

Causes of the Second Civil War 14

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement 15

Chapter 2 NGOs Assisting Child Soldiers in Southern Sudan 17

Critique of the NGOs' Approach 17

Relationship NGO Workers Have with Their Organisation 23

Policy Formation and the Role of Child Soldiers 26

Policy Formation 26

Relationship NGO Workers Have with Child Soldiers 31

Children's Contribution 38

Chapter 3 Child Soldiers of Southern Sudan 41

Age 49

War Context 61

Conscription 67

Forced Conscription 76

Motivations 86

The Benefits from Joining the SPLA 97

Influence of Dr John Garang 105

Experience of Fighting 106

How Conflict Has Changed Former Child Soldiers 127

Further Research 130

Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration 137

Misrepresentations of Child Soldiers 151

Chapter 4 Children's Expression of Political Agency 154

NGOs' View 160

Child Soldiers' View 169

Theoretical Development: The Application of Agency to the Former Child Soldiers of Southern Sudan 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780760179

1780760175

OCLC:

751835321