Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements --
... Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Tongo in a Time of War -- Three Explanations of the Conflict -- 'New Barbarism, or 'the Apocalyptic View -- Greed, Not Grievance -- State Collapse and a Pent-Up Rebellion of Youth -- Defining the Problem and the Solution -- Chapter Overview -- 1 Voices from the Battlefield: Ex-Combatants' Views on Root Causes of the War and Their Reasons for Participation -- Introduction -- RUF Ex-Combatants -- SLA/AFRC Ex-Combatants -- CDF/Kamajoisia Ex-Combatants -- Discussion -- 2 The Socio-Economic Crisis of Rural Youth -- Introduction -- The Making and Collapse of the State in Sierra Leone -- Slaves and Ex-Slaves -- From Crown Colony to Protectorate -- Political Parties Emerge -- Patrimonial Politics Takes Shape -- APC Oppression -- An Economic Tragedy -- The Patrimonial System Collapses -- The Making and Functioning of Rural Societies in Sierra Leone -- Settler Patterns -- Primitive Accumulation and Domestic Slavery -- Elite Control over Means of Production and Reproduction -- Neither Citizens Nor Subjects: The Political Marginalisation of Youth -- Survival Strategies for Marginalised Youth -- Discussion -- 3 Conflict in Sierra Leone and Recruits to the War -- The Beginning -- Youth in Power -- The Kamajoisia -- And Another Coup -- Towards Final Peace -- 4 The World of the RUF -- Introduction -- Strategies of Bonding -- Conscription -- Loyalty through Punishment and Rewards -- Loyalty through Isolation -- Loyalty to the Leader -- Loyalty through Socialisation -- Meritocratic Principles -- The Interior World of the RUF -- The Bush Camps -- The 'Green Revolution -- Farming in the 'Liberated Zones -- Mining Under the RUF -- Free Education and Health Care -- Rules and Regulations in the RUF -- The RUF's Ideology: 'Drastic Fundamental Change? -- Military and Ideology Training in the RUF -- Mechanisms in the RUF to Monitor the Behaviour of its Fighters and Civilians -- The 'People's Court: Punishment in the RUF -- 5 Malfunctions and Atrocities -- Introduction -- The Erosion of RUF Ideology -- External Factors -- The Liberian Special Forces (19912) -- The Rise of Hunter-Based Civil Defence (19945) -- The AFRC (19979) -- Internal Factors -- Failing Reporting Mechanisms -- Bodyguards -- Native and Non-Native Rebels -- Unpunished Ruthlessness -- Meritocracy and Age -- Liberated Areas and Frontlines -- Terror as Performance: How the RUF Prepared for Battle -- Conclusion -- 6 Cultivating Peace: RUF Ex-Combatants Involvement in Post-War Agricultural Projects -- Introduction -- The Projects -- GTZ Tongo -- NADA Blama -- BANSAL Robol Junction -- RADO Makeni -- KADO Makeni -- Discussion -- 7 Footpaths to Reintegration? Agrarian Solutions for the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants -- A Crisis Denied -- Making Agricultural Packages Central -- The Need for Agricultural Training Projects -- Individual and Collective Farming Opportunities -- Access to Land and Labour -- Towards a New Approach to Agricultural Training -- 8 Conclusion: The RUF as a Rural Underclass Project -- Introduction -- T$ Read More
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