Search for dissertations about: "Ilmari Käihkö"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Ilmari Käihkö.

2. 1. Bush Generals and Small Boy Battalions : Military Cohesion in Liberia and Beyond

   Author : Ilmari Käihkö; Mats Utas; Koen Vlassenroot; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coercion; cohesion; compensation; ethnography; identity; ideology; Liberia; micro-dynamics of civil war; military sociology; strategy; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Statskunskap; Political Science; Krigsvetenskap;

   Abstract : All organizations involved in war are concerned with military cohesion. Yet previous studies have only investigated cohesion in a very narrow manner, focusing almost solely on Western state militaries or on micro-level explanations. This dissertation argues for the need to broaden this perspective. READ MORE