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Getting In, Getting Out: Militia Membership and Prospects for Re-Integration in Post-War Liberia

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Year: 
2008
Organization / Publisher / Reference: 
Journal of Modern African Studies 46, no. 1 (2008): 33-56.
Authors: 
M. Boas, A. Hatloy
Areas: 
Post-conflict Reconstruction
Sub-topic: 
Ex-combatants
Publicly available?: 
yes
Method: 
Sample size (n): 
491
Main findings: 
Further research recommendations: 
finds that (contrary to common belief that soldiers join the fight because of unemployment or idleness), most went to school, and had jobs, and rather, joined the fighting because of security concerns
Survey: 
no
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