Essays about: "rebel tactics"

Found 2 essays containing the words rebel tactics.

1. 1. The Right to Remain a Child: A Comparative Study of the Relationship between Norm Translation and Child Soldiers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felicia Svensson Calleja; [2022]
   Keywords : Norm translation; Child Protection; Child Soldiers; Legitimacy; Rationality; Deterrence; OPAC; CRC; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Despite the international norm against the recruitment and use of child soldiers, some rebel groups continue to recruit children while others do not. Why is this so? This thesis explores the relationship between the translation of child protection norms and child soldier recruitment in four countries of West Africa: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Mali. READ MORE

3. 2. Is it sometimes safer to be alone? : A qualitative analysis of civilian agency and its effects on rebel tactics.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Hannah Ramel; [2021]
   Keywords : Civil agency; rebel tactics; rebel characteristics;

   Abstract : Despite an increasing interest in civil agency and its role in armed conflict, little is known about the effect it might have on rebel groups' patterns of behaviour. In this study I explore the theory of collective action capacity, which is the population's ability to cooperate and forego short term incentives to preserve long term cooperation, and its effect on rebel groups' method of generating compliance in new territory. READ MORE