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Tfaily, Rania; Diab, Hassan; Kulczycki, Andrzej – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
This article examines the impact of Lebanon's civil war (1975-1991) on disparities in education among the country's main religious sects and across various regions. District of registration is adopted as a proxy for religious affiliation through a novel, detailed classification to assess sectarian differentials by region and regional differentials…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Muslims, Foreign Countries
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Poirier, Thomas – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
In the past decades, most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have been affected by armed conflicts. By means of a time-series cross-sectional (TSCS) database, we attempt to measure the impact of war on a sample of 43 countries in Africa from 1950 to 2010. These conflicts, and especially civil wars, are shown to have a strong negative effect on…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Educational Finance, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Betancourt, Theresa S.; Borisova, Ivelina; Williams, Timothy P.; Meyers-Ohki, Sarah E.; Rubin-Smith, Julia E.; Annan, Jeannie; Kohrt, Brandon A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Aims and scope: This article reviews the available quantitative research on psychosocial adjustment and mental health among children (age less than 18 years) associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG)--commonly referred to as child soldiers. Methods: PRISMA standards for systematic reviews were used to search PubMed, PsycInfo, JSTOR,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Adolescents, Armed Forces, Futures (of Society)
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Lynn, John A., II – Academic Questions, 2008
Military history faces a dire fate. Fewer and fewer colleges and universities today regard the historical study of military institutions and practices a worthy social, and therefore scholarly, charge. John Lynn enters this debate, examining the state of military history, which he defines in terms of three genres: popular, applied, and academic.…
Descriptors: College Students, Military Service, Military Schools, World History