Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border: Evolutions, Challenges and Countermeasures (SpringerBriefs in Criminology)

This title utilises case analysis to explain child soldiering in different scenarios, uses hierarchical analysis to explain the motivation of child soldiering and the relevant challenges, then resolves the problems through the approach of 'public-private partnership'. From comparative perspective, this book explores the dynamics of child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border (i.e., Kachin and Shan States of Myanmar). At the same time, this book examines the structural factors and specific relationships between child soldiers, which have impacts on child soldiering. This book reveals that Myanmar has limited power to reduce child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border, and there is no optimal solution for reducing child soldiering in the near future. Instead, the book introduces the "transnational public-private partnership" approach as a "second best" solution and proposes suitable countermeasures for all the stakeholders Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-10 Research Methodology....Pages 11-16 Child Soldiering on Myanmar–China Border....Pages 17-37 Structural Factors of Child Soldiering....Pages 39-51 Why Children are Involved in Armed Conflicts?....Pages 53-61 Why Other Children are not Recruited?....Pages 63-68 Transnational Public–Private Partnership: A “Second Best” Solution for Reducing Child Soldiering....Pages 69-81 Possible Countermeasures to Govern Child Soldiering....Pages 83-93 Conclusion and Outlook....Pages 95-96 Back Matter....Pages 97-97