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dc.contributor.advisorBraithwaite, Alex
dc.contributor.authorSheets, Ryan Brent
dc.creatorSheets, Ryan Brent
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-23T20:20:51Z
dc.date.available2022-03-23T20:20:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationSheets, Ryan Brent. (2021). REBEL AUDIENCE COSTS AND CHILD SOLDIERS: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, REBEL LEADER ELECTIONS, AND FORCIBLE RECRUITMENT (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/663763
dc.description.abstractThe forced recruitment of child soldiers is a widespread practice employed by rebel groups around the world. What determines when rebel groups engage in this brutal strategy? We argue that it depends on their susceptibility to audience costs imposed by the local community. Rebel groups that rely on local constituencies for food, funds, and shelter have a strong incentive to maintain their support base and refrain from abusive practices like the forced recruitment of children. Utilizing data from three distinct datasets, we test the effect of political movement parent organizations and rebel leader elections on the forced recruitment of child soldiers. We demonstrate empirically that rebel groups that are founded from political movements are less likely to forcibly recruit child soldiers. Our analysis also shows that when combined, groups that both form out of political movements and hold elections as a form of leader ascension are far less likely to engage in forced child soldier recruitment. We argue that our explanatory variables indicate an underlying susceptibility to audience costs and that our results demonstrate the importance of audience costs in rebel group strategy and the perpetration of human rights abuses.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.
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dc.titleREBEL AUDIENCE COSTS AND CHILD SOLDIERS: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, REBEL LEADER ELECTIONS, AND FORCIBLE RECRUITMENT
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thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizona
thesis.degree.levelbachelors
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.disciplineHonors College
thesis.degree.nameB.A.
refterms.dateFOA2022-03-23T20:20:51Z


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