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Current global estimates of children engaged in warfare range from 200,000 to 300,000. Children\u0026#39;s roles in conflict range from armed and active participants to spies, cooks, messengers, and sex slaves. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt; examines the factors that contribute to the use of children in war, the effects of war upon children, and the perpetual cycle of warfare that engulfs many of the world\u0026#39;s poorest nations.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The contributors seek to eliminate myths of historic or culture-based violence, and instead look to common traits of chronic poverty and vulnerable populations. Individual essays examine topics such as: the legal and ethical aspects of child soldiering; internal UN debates over enforcement of child protection policies; economic factors; increased access to small arms; displaced populations; resource endowments; forced government conscription; rebel-enforced quota systems; motivational techniques employed in recruiting children; and the role of girls in conflict.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The contributors also offer viable policies to reduce the recruitment of child soldiers such as the protection of refugee camps by outside forces, \u0026quot;naming and shaming,\u0026quot; and criminal prosecution by international tribunals. Finally, they focus on ways to reintegrate former child soldiers into civil society in the aftermath of war. |
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