Victimhood and the adaptive agency of child soldiers
Childhood: A journal of global child research
Published online on May 26, 2026
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 ...
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 ...