Factors Related to the Recruitment and Exploitation of Children in Armed Conflicts - a Systematic Literature Review
Year: 2025
Type: review
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: This literature review tackles the factors concerning the recruitment and exploitation of children in armed conflict, focusing on the structural and agential reasons behind the occurrence of this phenomenon.This literature review will also look at the political and economic reasons behind this phenomenon.Attention is also paid to the question of whether children can voluntary join militia organizations out of their own will or whether it is not possible for children to exercise their own judgment in such matters.This systematic literature review will also deal with the factors that may enable the perpetuation of this phenomenon, such as the difficulties involved in attaining the process of pacification in countries affected by internal conflict.Special emphasis will also be directed towards lack of human development and the socio-economic inequalities that prevail in the Global South as factors that influence the continuation of the phenomenon of the recruitment and exploitation of children.
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4414472995
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