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Victimhood and the adaptive agency of child soldiers

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Childhood: A journal of global child research

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Abstract

Childhood, Ahead of Print.
Dominant humanitarian and legal discourses homogenise child soldiers as passive and coerced victims. These narratives obscure the complex ways in which child soldiers navigate conflict. Building on contemporary theories of agency, this article proposes an ...