Conflict as integration : youth aspiration to personhood in the teleology of Sierra Leone's 'senseless war'

• The rebel war in Sierra Leone has been given various characterisations. One of the most commonplace of them brands it a ‘senseless war’. In this study the author examines the views of the Sierra Leoneans themselves on this notion, and through a sociological lens he explores the “youthscape“ of the war. The study also revisits some of the central works on the Sierra Leonean war by authors such as Paul Richards, Ibrahim Adbdullah and Yusuf Bangura.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Civil war

conflicts

attitudes

public opinion polls

social surveys

youth

child soldiers

Sierra Leone

Peace and conflict research

Freds- och konfliktforskning

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

bok (subject category)