Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border Evolutions, Challenges and Countermeasures /

• Main Author: Chen, Kai (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology,
• Subjects: Political science.; Comparative politics.; International relations.; Criminology.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Comparative Politics.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.
• Physical Description: XII, 97 p. 1 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789814560023
• ISSN: 2192-8533

From comparative perspective, this book explores the dynamics of child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border (i.e., Kachin and Shan States of Myanmar). At the same time, this book examines the structural factors and specific relationships between child soldiers, which have impacts on child soldiering. This book reveals that Myanmar has limited power to reduce child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border, and there is no optimal solution for reducing child soldiering in the near future. Instead, the book introduces the “transnational public-private partnership” approach as a “second best” solution and proposes suitable countermeasures for all the stakeholders.