Youth in national post conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation : towards a proactive role

Abstract

The study is based on the premise that young men have not been involved in post conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation, and so offers the rationale why they should be. Linking its purpose and objectives to the rationale, it explains the root causes of armed conflict based on the concepts and principles of Relative and Absolute Deprivation Theories. These causes are traced to personalization of authority; disintegration of public order and collapse of constitutional governments in many countries; persistence of socio-economic and political crises; exploitation of ethnic inequality; educational inequality and the existence of vestiges of colonialism. Using Content Analysis, a research method, it examines relevant literature and documents, and the classes of conflict and their repercussions on youth.