The paradox of post-conflict interventions

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Table of contents

1 INTRODUCING THE STUDY 
Research approach
Defining militarized youths
Structure of the book
2 METHODOLOGY 
Methodological choices
Ethical considerations
3 SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 
The paradox of post-conflict interventions
Some theoretical reflections on war and mobilization processes
Concluding remarks
4 A CONDUCIVE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL TERRAIN TO THE MILITARIZATION OF CIVILIANS 
From cosmopolitan politics to a politics of ethnic polarization
From the Coup to the war
2000-2010: a decade of FPI rule
The place of humanitarianism in Côte d’Ivoire
Concluding remarks
5 THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT 
The general atmosphere: Chronology of violent events in the west (2002-2007)
Multi-ethnic agrarian societies
The fieldwork locations and the western humanitarian context
Concluding remarks
6 ARMED FACTIONS OPERATING IN THE WEST 
Counter-insurgent movements
Insurgent movements
Concluding remarks
7 MILITARIZED CIVILIANS: DIVERSITY OF TRAJECTORIES, DIVERSITY OF MOTIVES FOR ENLISTMENT 
Who ‘took up’ arms in the west?
The specificities of the youngest recruits
What drove young civilians to military life?
Concluding remarks
8 BLURRED SPACES:MILITARIZED YOUTHS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT
Part-time recruits
Social relationships within the armed groups
The military-civilian nexus
The humanitarian-military nexus
Concluding remarks
9 RETURN TO CIVILIAN LIFE FOR MILITARIZED POPULATIONS: TWO STANDARD HUMANITARIAN INSTRUMENTS UNDER THE LENS 
The global approach to reinsertion and reintegration
DDR in Côte d’Ivoire
Reinsertion under the lens: how were cash allowances spent?
Assessment of a pilot initiative fostering economic reinsertion
The specificities of the youngest recruits
Concluding remarks
10 CONCLUSIONS