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Youth Participation in Conflict in Northeast India

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In recent years there has been a gradual shift in the perception that ‘youth are victims’ of violence to ‘youth as a threat’ to security and stability. Youth have been generally described as either passive victims of or as active participants in violent conflict. More importantly there have been numerous assertions that a surging youth population or youth bulge along with unemployment, urbanization and other factors could lead to the participation of youth in violence or conflict. Often youth, especially male, are depicted as security threats. In this context, this chapter sets a framework that can perhaps better explain why youth participate in conflict in north-east India, highlighting briefly youth movements in the region.

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Freddy, H.J. (2017). Youth Participation in Conflict in Northeast India. In: Conflict and Youth Rights in India. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3069-7_4

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