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Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding

Mobilization, Reintegration and Reconciliation

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Rethinking Political Violence (RPV)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction: Combatants, Troublemakers, Peacebuilders or What?

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 1-12
  3. Processes of Mobilization

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 13-37
  4. Experiences of Reintegration

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 38-77
  5. Reconciliation Challenges

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 78-101
  6. Liberia

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 102-139
  7. Mindanao

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 140-183
  8. The Positive Contributions of Youth to Peacebuilding

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 184-207
  9. Conclusions: Youth and Peacebuilding Outcomes

    • Alpaslan Özerdem, Sukanya Podder
    Pages 208-220
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 221-274

About this book

This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to recognise youths as political actors, which can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Coventry University, UK

    Alpaslan Özerdem

  • Centre for International Security and Resilience (CISR), Cranfield University, UK

    Sukanya Podder

About the authors

Professor Alpaslan Özerdem is Co-Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK. He specialises in the politics of post-conflict reconstruction; reintegration of ex-combatants and peacebuilding. Professor Özerdem and Dr Podder are the editors of Child Soldiers: From Recruitment to Reintegration (Palgrave, 2011).

Sukanya Podder is Assistant Professor at the Centre for International Security and Resilience at Cranfield University, UK. Her research, advisory and consulting work is focused upon issues of post-conflict reconstruction; statebuilding; non-state armed groups; security sector reform and youth involvement in conflict and peacebuilding.


Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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