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Vill du leka krig? Hur IDF rekryterar israeliska barn till den israeliska reguljära armén

Göthberg Von Troil, Gabrielle LU (2011) MRSK30 20102
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to determine how Israeli children are recruited as soldiers or to serve with similar duties with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The paper will also address the complications that occur when children are being recruited/prepared for the IDF in early childhood in relation to the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Children).
Israeli children are from their earliest school year taught the importance of serving in the army when they grow older. They grow up in a society based on military principles and where cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Education is extensive. The question is how children are affected by the constant influence of the military principles in everyday life and... (More)
The purpose of this paper is to determine how Israeli children are recruited as soldiers or to serve with similar duties with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The paper will also address the complications that occur when children are being recruited/prepared for the IDF in early childhood in relation to the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Children).
Israeli children are from their earliest school year taught the importance of serving in the army when they grow older. They grow up in a society based on military principles and where cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Education is extensive. The question is how children are affected by the constant influence of the military principles in everyday life and how is the recruiting done by the IDF? In this paper, it became clear that “soldier” does not always mean a fighting person, “recruitment” does not mean always having to actively be part of the army and the “children” does not always mean children. (Less)
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author
Göthberg Von Troil, Gabrielle LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSK30 20102
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Recruitment, IDF, Child soldier, military, Israel, children
language
Swedish
id
1759717
date added to LUP
2011-02-07 19:59:04
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:55
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper is to determine how Israeli children are recruited as soldiers or to serve with similar duties with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The paper will also address the complications that occur when children are being recruited/prepared for the IDF in early childhood in relation to the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Children).
Israeli children are from their earliest school year taught the importance of serving in the army when they grow older. They grow up in a society based on military principles and where cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Education is extensive. The question is how children are affected by the constant influence of the military principles in everyday life and how is the recruiting done by the IDF? In this paper, it became clear that “soldier” does not always mean a fighting person, “recruitment” does not mean always having to actively be part of the army and the “children” does not always mean children.}},
  author       = {{Göthberg Von Troil, Gabrielle}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vill du leka krig? Hur IDF rekryterar israeliska barn till den israeliska reguljära armén}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}