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dc.contributor.advisorSaugestad, Sidsel
dc.contributor.authorMacomber, Marci
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-15T12:59:27Z
dc.date.available2011-07-15T12:59:27Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.description.abstractRecent peace processes have led to the demobilisation of tens of thousands of children from armed groups around the world. An understanding of the initial motivations and subsequent experiences of these children is crucial in ensuring that their needs are met once they are safe from harm. This understanding is largely informed by the work of international human rights organisations (HROs). While these organisations are working for the good of the children, they will also always have an element of self-interest in sustaining their activities. This study draws upon an analytical framework that combines elements of framing theory and discourse analysis. Using this framework as both a theoretical and methodological tool, the study examines how the understanding of child soldiers is constructed by leading HROs, particularly with respect to their exercise of agency, and seeks to critique these representations against alternative perspectives. The dissertation then explores both the potential ways in which the discourse could be seen to work in the interests of the organisations by appealing to various social structures and the extent to which it serves the best interest of the child. The study concludes by arguing that the HRO discourse is not dismissive of agency, but that the impact of their work on the well-being of demobilised child soldiers would benefit from the adoption of a more direct and consistent approach in this regard.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/3508
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3229
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSOA-3902en
dc.subjectagency, child soldier, human rights organisation, best interests of the child, discourse, framingen
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240::International politics: 243en
dc.titleChild soldiers: rhetoric and realities : an examination of human rights organisational discourse on the issue of 'agency' and its implications on the best interests of the childen
dc.typeMaster thesisen
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen


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