Child soldiers in Colombia: Five views

This paper offers explanations of the meanings that push children to illegally armed groups in Colombia from the testimony of 21 demobilized young girls from the region of Antioquia (Colombia). The girls’ answers are placed on a typology of explanations drawn from academic reports, and compared to t...

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article
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Repositorio:
Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/33075
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/755
http://hdl.handle.net/10554/33075
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niñez; guerra; Colombia; Psicología Social; Interaccionismo Simbólico
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Summary:This paper offers explanations of the meanings that push children to illegally armed groups in Colombia from the testimony of 21 demobilized young girls from the region of Antioquia (Colombia). The girls’ answers are placed on a typology of explanations drawn from academic reports, and compared to three samples of attributions of students, teachers and policemen of their same region. The visions “idealizing” and “criminalizing” mobilization are practically marginal in all samples. The dominant vision among the girls is called “self-assertive”. From the rest of the samples, as well as for the experts, the majority of the views are “victimizing”.