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Combatant Recruitment

Combatant Recruitment is a paramilitary violence-related process that systematically identifies, attracts, and inducts individuals into organized armed groups, distinguishing it from voluntary enlistment by emphasizing coercive, ideological, or socioeconomically exploitative mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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Publications

92

The Logic of Child Soldiering and Coercion

Bernd Beber, Christopher Blattman · International Organization · 2013 · 212 citations · Full text

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Foreign fighters: transnational identity in civil conflicts

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 164 citations

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Propensity to Serve and Motivation to Enlist among American Combat Soldiers

Todd Woodruff, Ryan Kelty, David R. Segal · Armed Forces & Society · 2006 · 152 citations

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The African Rank-and-File: Social Implications of Colonial Military Service in the King's African Rifles, 1902-1964

Melvin E. Page, Timothy H. Parsons · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 2000 · 134 citations

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Girls in fighting forces and groups: Their recruitment, participation, demobilization, and reintegration.

Dyan Mazurana, Susan McKay, Khristopher Carlson et al. · Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology · 2002 · 131 citations

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Authors

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  1. RH
    Roos Haer

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  2. DR
    David R. Segal

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 178 citations

    3

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  3. BJ
    Beth J. Asch

    RAND Corporation, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. SP
    Sukanya Podder

    Cranfield University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 67 citations

    2

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  5. LB
    Lilli Banholzer

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

91

  1. United States Military Academy

    West Point, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    394 citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

  3. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  4. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    209 citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    49 citations

  6. United States Army

    Arlington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  7. Naval War College

    Newport, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

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Venues

  1. Armed Forces & Society

    5 publications · 237 citations

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  2. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    4 publications · 128 citations

    4

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  3. Small Wars and Insurgencies

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

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  4. Conflict Management and Peace Science

    CMPS · 3 publications · 145 citations

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  5. The Journal of Modern African Studies

    3 publications · 107 citations

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